(.NET - VB.NET) A Sneak Preview of Visual Basic 2005

Provides on overview of the new features in Visual Basic 2005 including, My Visual Basic, IntelliSense, Edit and Continue, AutoCorrect, Just My Code, Windows Forms enhancements, and more. (30 printed pages)

Introduction
The next release of Microsoft Visual Studio has been significantly improved for Visual Basic developers by adding innovative language constructs, new compiler features, dramatically enhanced productivity and an improved debugging experience. Visual Studio 2005 includes several productivity enhancements including IntelliSense code snippets, Windows Forms designer updates, IntelliSense filtering, debugger data tips, Exception Assistant, and more. In language innovations, the 2005 release of Visual Basic includes generics, unsigned types, operator overloading, and many other additions. This document samples some of the new capabilities available in the 2005 version of Visual Basic.

Productivity Enhancements
Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Basic 2005 add many features and tools that make your development experience more productive. The following sections outline just a few.

My
Imagine being able to find the functionality you need within the huge set of classes available as part of the .NET Framework immediately. Imagine using a single reference to accomplish goals that would otherwise require many lines of code. Imagine being more productive than you could ever have been programming in previous versions of Visual Basic or Visual Basic 6. These goals, and more, have been met with the addition of the My to Visual Basic 2005.