What’s New in Visual Studio 2010
The Visual Studio 2010 IDE relies on a new infrastructure that is quite different from its predecessors. Most of this infrastructure is now written in managed code, and several parts of the IDE are based on the Windows Presentation Foundation framework, such as the code editor, menus, and floating windows. Although behind the scenes this innovation is important (particularly if you develop Visual Studio extensions), being familiar with the WPF technology is not important when starting with the Visual Studio 2010 IDE because you will feel at home also with the new version. This is because the instrumentation is located and behaves the same as in the past. There are several benefits from having a managed infrastructure, ...
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