A Lap Around Visual Basic in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Lisa FeigenbaumMicrosoft Program Managerhttp://blogs.msdn.com/lisa

Session Code: DEV314

Lap Around Visual Basic in VS 2010

Session ObjectivesDiscover what’s availableSee how to take advantage of new features

AgendaNew Editor & ShellVB IDEVB LanguageVS 2010 & .NET 4 Highlights

New Editor & Shell

WPF User InterfaceNew Look, Rich Experience

Start PageRemove or pin projects, View directory, Customize

EditorZoom, Multi-Monitor, Block selection, Outlining

ExtensibilityVisual Studio Gallery, Extension Manager

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demo

“There’s an extension for that!”video

Code-Focused VB IDE

UnderstandingHighlight ReferencesType Colorization

NavigatingNavigate To: Files & Members, Ctrl+,

Writing & TestingIntelliSense: Non-aggressive, Substring, PascalCaseGenerate From Usage: Type, Method, Property

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demo

VB LanguageSyntax Enhancements

Multiline Statement LambdasAuto-implemented PropertiesCollection InitializersArray LiteralsImplicit Line ContinuationCo/contravariance

Office Deployment: No PIADynamic Language Interop on the DLR

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demo

Dynamic Versus Static

DynamicLanguages

Simple and succinct

Implicitly typed

Meta-programming

No compilation

StaticLanguages

Robust

Performant

Intelligent tools

Better scaling

Open Source versus Commercial

PythonBinder

RubyBinder

COMBinder

JavaScriptBinder

ObjectBinder

Dynamic Languages On .NET

Dynamic Language Runtime

Expression Trees Dynamic Dispatch Call Site Caching

IronPython IronRuby C# VB.NET Others…

ScriptObject calc = GetCalculator();object res = calc.Invoke("Add", 10, 20);int sum = Convert.ToInt32(res);

Dim calc As ScriptObject = GetCalculator()Dim res As Object = calc.Invoke("Add", 10, 20)Dim sum As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(res)

VB 10, C# 4.0 And Dynamic

Calculator calc = GetCalculator();int sum = calc.Add(10, 20);

object calc = GetCalculator();Type calcType = calc.GetType();object res = calcType.InvokeMember("Add", BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, new object[] { 10, 20 });int sum = Convert.ToInt32(res);

dynamic calc = GetCalculator();int sum = calc.Add(10, 20);

Dynamic method invocation

Dynamic conversion

Dim calc As Calculator = GetCalculator()Dim sum As Integer = calc.Add(10, 20)

Dim calc As Object = GetCalculator()Dim sum As Integer = calc.Add(10, 20)

Dim calc As Object = GetCalculator()Dim sum As Integer = calc.Add(10, 20)

Visual C# Visual Basic

Static binding

Dynamic binding(pre-VS 2010)

Binding to ScriptObjects (JavaScript)

Statically typed to be dynamic

Dynamic method invocation

Dynamic conversion

VB & C# 2010 LanguageFeature VB C#

Auto-implemented Properties

Collection Initializers

Array Literals

Statement Lambdas

Implicit Line Continuation N/A

Named/Optional Parameters

Latebinding support (dynamic)

Omit ref on COM calls

Indexed Properties

Interop with Dynamic Languages

Co/contravariance

PIA deployment not needed

New in VS 2010Already exists in VS 2008

VB & C# 2010 IDEFeature VB C#

Generate From Usage: Generate Method

Type colorization

Background Squiggles: Top Level Analysis

IntelliSense: Builder UI

IntelliSense: Prefix Filtering Completion List

Generate From Usage: Generate Type, Constructor, Property, FieldIntelliSense: Consume First Mode

IntelliSense: Substring & Camel-Case Match

Navigate To

Highlight References

Call Hierarchy

New in VS 2010Already exists in VS 2008

VS 2010 / .NET 4 Highlights

DGML GraphsWPF Drag & Drop IntelliTraceParallel ExtensionsNew Editor & Shell

Summary

What We’ve SeenNew Editor & ShellVB IDEVB LanguageVS 2010 & .NET 4 Highlights

Call to ActionDownload Beta2Use the resources and try it outTell us your feedback

ResourcesVisual Basic Developer Centerhttp://msdn.com/vbasic

VB 2010 Resourceshttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/dd819153.aspx

Blogshttp://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam (VB Team)http://blogs.msdn.com/lisa (Lisa)

Visual Basic Forumshttp://forums.msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/tag/visualbasic/forums/

Connecthttps://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio

VB 2010 Resources

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