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Visual Studio 2008 is the version of Visual Studio which comes with the .NET Framework 3.5. It was released to MSDN subscribers on 19 November 2007 alongside the .NET Framework 3.5.

Visual Studio 2008 can target development in .NET Framework versions 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5. Visual Studio 2008 comes with many new features over Visual Studio 2005. Visual Studio 2008 features a XAML based designer (codenamed Cider), workflow designer, LINQ to SQL designer (for defining the type mappings and object encapsulation for SQL Server data), XSLT debugger, JavaScript Intellisense support, JavaScript Debugging support. Here is a list of some of the new features found in Visual Studio 2008.

  • Multi-Targeting support
  • Javascript Intellisense
  • Javascript debugging
  • Code editing improvements
  • Nested Master Page support
  • Web designer and CSS improvements
  • New Split View including vertical split
  • Enhanced support for the ASP.NET AJAX Extensions
  • LINQ to SQL designer
  • Enhanced XML support
  • Support for Silverlight
  • Support for WPF
  • Support for debugging .NET Framework 3.5 class libraries

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Revision number 12, Monday, February 16, 2009 4:03:52 PM by jamesqua

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Thu, May 22, 2008 3:00 AM by spanco

Nice Resource to know the VS2008
Mon, Jun 23, 2008 10:24 AM by Metalore

Nice info Vic
Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:46 AM by abidshahzad

Nice information and great resources about VS 2008.
Fri, Dec 26, 2008 5:15 AM by rami_nassar

good job
Thu, Feb 19, 2009 12:56 PM by fawwazmasih

Thank you all. All this information is really neat.

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