Visual Studio: Microsoft Developer tools roadmap
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The release of Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0 will represent a significant milestone in the Microsoft developer tools roadmap. Following the SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 wave of products, the next major platform update will be the Windows operating system release code name "Longhorn". The release of Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0 will run on this landmark operating system release, as will applications built with Visual Studio 2005.
In addition, Microsoft is planning a version of Visual Studio, code name "Orcas," designed to take advantage of the features introduced in Windows Longhorn. These features include support for Longhorn advanced user interface capabilities (code name "Avalon"), storage services (code name "WinFS"), and Web services capabilities (code name "Indigo"). For example, Longhorn will introduce a declarative programming model (code name "XAML"), that will complement existing programming languages and Windows Forms by improving productivity when developing Longhorn-specific client UI.