Box Selection, Variable Pinning and 8 Other Cool New Features of Visual Studio 2010

Craig Shoemaker / Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Now that you’ve read that our latest releases of the NetAdvantage toolset support Visual Studio 2010, perhaps you’re ready to make the jump to the updated IDE. There are some striking new features available in Visual Studio and I found some resources that may help unearth some of the most valuable features for you.

Ten Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Visual Studio 2010

Gergely Orosz writes Ten Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Visual Studio 2010 and outlines some basic features like box selection then drills down to Dependency Graphs and IntelliTrace Debug Dumping and a number of other truly useful new features. This one is well worth the read.

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

For a more broader perspective of what’s new, check out CodeGuru’s New Features in Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0. This 5-part piece  touches on just about every nook and cranny of the VS2010 & .NET 4 release.

VS & TFS 2010 Beta 2 Has Arrived

If you’ve been left wondering which version of Visual Studio 2010 is right for you, Ewald Hofman has a great post, VS & TFS 2010 Beta 2 Has Arrived, with a very informative graphic that lists out the different VS2010 SKUs and what is included with each version. Choose wisely!