Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is more than a traditional service pack, which usually consists of bug fixes and performance improvements. While we fixed some bugs and dramatically improved performance in several areas, the dev team listened to customer feedback and decided to introduce several of the most-requested new features into the .NET Framework via a service pack. Furthermore, with SP1, Microsoft brought Visual Studio 2008 into alignment with the new features in both the .NET Framework and in SQL Server 2008. There are three key areas to highlight in this Service Pack: 1. SP1 advances the art of application development. The new ADO.NET Entity Framework feature in SP1 offers developers a model-based paradigm and a rich, standards-based framework for creating data-oriented applications shared across multiple applications and platforms. The separation of presentation, data, and business logic used in concert with a single data model will enable developers to spend less time writing plumbing code and more time refining business logic. 2. SP1 makes data-driven programming easier. SP1 offers developers support for ASP.NET Dynamic Data, which provides a rich scaffolding framework that enables rapid data-driven development. Since ASP.NET takes care of creating the presentation layer, a fully functional Website is output and ready for customization without the developer writing a single line of code. ...
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Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is more than a traditional service pack, which usually consists of bug fixes and performance improvements. While we fixed some bugs and dramatically improved performance in several areas, the dev team listened to customer feedback and decided to introduce several of the most-requested new features into the .NET Framework via a service pack. Furthermore, with SP1, Microsoft brought Visual Studio 2008 into alignment with the new features in both the .NET Framework and in SQL Server 2008. There are three key areas to highlight in this Service Pack: 1. SP1 advances the art of application development. The new ADO.NET Entity Framework feature in SP1 offers developers a model-based paradigm and a rich, standards-based framework for creating data-oriented applications shared across multiple applications and platforms. The separation of presentation, data, and business logic used in concert with a single data model will enable developers to spend less time writing plumbing code and more time refining business logic. 2. SP1 makes data-driven programming easier. SP1 offers developers support for ASP.NET Dynamic Data, which provides a rich scaffolding framework that enables rapid data-driven development. Since ASP.NET takes care of creating the presentation layer, a fully functional Website is output and ready for customization without the developer writing a single line of code. ...