Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.

Microsoft Corp. today announced the end user availability of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4, company also announce that the Silverlight 4 will release to Web (RTW) in few days.

“We’re excited to celebrate the launch of Visual Studio 2010 with developers around the world today,” said Bob Muglia, president of the Server and Tools Business at Microsoft. “Customer and partner feedback was instrumental in shaping this release. The functionality of Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework 4 and Silverlight 4 creates a powerful and unique combination, opening up new opportunities for developers to build applications that take advantage of new and existing devices, as well as emerging platforms like cloud services.”

“Our customers rely on us to solve for the unique needs of their businesses, and in order to do that, we need tools and technologies that enable maximum efficiency, reliability, integration and creativity,” said Peter Duffell, vice president of Strategic Partners at Micro Focus. “Our next-generation developer tools build on the already-proven capabilities of Visual Studio, .NET Framework and Silverlight and expand the value to our customers even further.”

.NET Framework 4 features with additional support for industry standards, addational languages, new support for high-performance middle-tier applications including parallel programming, and side-by-side installation with .NET Framework 3.5. With the .NET Framework 4 Client Profile.Also according to company, the size of the runtime has been decreased by over 80 percent,

Visual Studio 2010 has new and enhanced features which simplify the entire development process from design to deployment. Visual Studio 2010 will be available in 4 editions, Professional, premium, Ultimate and test professional 2010.

“The enhanced testing features in Visual Studio 2010 automate the majority of common tasks and streamline the flow of information across our team,” said Steve Schlonski, vice president, Xerox Global Services, Global Technology and Offering Development. “This has led to a significant productivity increase; when you combine this with the ability to have a single unified view of project status, it dramatically drives down project risk.”

Visual Studio 2010 price in India:

• Visual Studio 2010 Professional Rs. 35,300
• Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN Essentials Rs. 49,900
• Visual Studio 2010 Test Professional with MSDN Rs. 90,000
• Visual Studio 2010 Premium with MSDN Rs. 2,28,000
• Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Rs. 4,96,000

To download, purchase or get more information on Visual Studio 2010:http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio
To download or get more information on the .NET Framework: http://www.microsoft.com/net