Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 RTM'ed
Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is not a traditional service pack. Aside from some bug fixes, normally associated with service pack releases, this service pack includes quite a lot of new features.
The .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 delivers:
- Performance increases between 20-45% for WPF-based applications.
- WCF improvements that give developers more control over the way they access data and services.
- Streamlined installation experience for client applications.
- Improvements in the area of data platform, such as the ADO.NET Entity Framework, ADO.NET Data Services and extensive support for SQL Server 2008’s new features.
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 delivers:
- Improved designers for building WPF applications
- Full support for SQL Server 2008
- ADO.NET Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services tooling
- Visual Basic and Visual C++ components and tools
- Improvements to TFS to respond to customer feedback on version control usability and performance, improved email integration with work item tracking and full support for hosting on SQL 2008.
- Improvements for Web development including richer JavaScript support, enhanced AJAX and data tools, and Web site deployment.
Visit the SP1 information page for an overview of these new features, as well as download instructions.
Enjoy!