.Net Framework 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1

There is some good news for developers working on .Net technologies. .Net Framework 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 is avaialable for download.

Many exciting changes for ASP.NET are coming in the .NET Framework version 4.0.
This document gives an overview of many of the new features that are included in the Beta 1 release of .NET 4.0 and in the Visual Studio 2010 release.

New Features in the Visual Studio 2010 IDE and .NET Framework 4.0

• Call Hierarchy of methods
• A New Quick Search
• Multi-targeting more accurate
• Parallel Programming and Debugging
• XSLT Profiling and Debugging
• The XSD Designer

New ASP.NET features

• Static IDs for ASP.NET Controls
• The Chart control
• Web.config transformation

New VB.NET features

• Auto Implemented Properties for VB.NET
• Collection Initializers
• Implicit Line Continuations
• Statements in Lambda Expressions

New C# features

• Dynamic Types
• Optional parameters
• Named and Optional Arguments

More information about these features is avaialable on CodeGuru.