MVP Summit 2009 Updates

Monday 9:00 to 9:40 Welcome Keynote

VS Language team discussions about

• F#
• IronPython
• IronRuby
• DLR Dynamic Language Runtime
•  VB
•  VC#

Good part is, the first four languages listed above have open source code on CodePlex.

Major new language IDE features in Visual Studio 10.

1. Auto-implemented propertoes
2. Collection colorization
3. Statement Lambdas
4. Type colorization
5. Intellisense Builder
6. Call Hierarchy
7. Highlight References
8. VB Nullable Option Parameters
9. New WPF Shell written from scratch

Monday 10:00 to 11:00 C# Language

New features in C# 4.0 and probably in 5.0

Monday 11:15 to 12:15 Compiler as a Service

We can generate code on the fly, compile it and use it. Literally !!!

• We can call services of the complier to parse, lexical syntax, and other functions a compiler does.
• C# to VB.NET code conversion tool
• Refactoring tools - ReSharper and Refactor Pro

Monday 12:30 to 1:30 Lunch

Some photos from lunch

Monday 12:30 to 1:15 Managed Contracts

Very cool feature.

Monday 1:30 to 2:30 C# IDE

Cool IDE features added

Monday 4:00 to 5:00 Community

Community discussions and feedback.