Visual Studio 2008

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For many professional developers today, Visual Studio 2008 represents the "golden age" of WinForms, the maturation of ASP.NET, and the first robust steps toward Language Integrated Query (LINQ). This article takes an in-depth look at the features, system requirements, supported technologies, and lasting impact of Visual Studio 2008. visual studio 2008

It was the winter of 2007, and I was staring at a splintered mess of C++ code. My tool at the time, Visual Studio 2005, kept crashing when I tried to refactor a legacy module. My project lead, a pragmatic woman named Carol, walked over. "Microsoft just dropped the RTM," she said. "Visual Studio 2008. Install it tonight." : In the dialog box, scroll through the