Useful new .net(3.0,4.0) technology features.

Question

Previously it was .net 2.0 which is the big change in .net developement. many developers are working mostly on this. Presently microsoft has introduced .net 3.0 and yet its next version .net 4.0. So the next version is going to be major change in .net development.

I have listed some features of this...

Workflow foundation WPF WCF Windows cardspace Agile methodalogy implementation. Silverlight features enhancement.

In the new generation framework what are the features that you like and why it attracts you.

Answer 1

If you're asking which new features will the upcoming .NET 4.0 Framework present, I've heard a lot about Parallel Computing, specifically about a Task Parallel Library built in the core of the Framework, also PLinq or Parallel Linq, focusing on LINQ-to-Objects and LINQ-to-XML .

Check te Microsoft PDC Website and you'll find more interesting info.

Answer 2

You missed .NET 3.5, which is actually a bigger package than .NET 3.0; .NET 3.0 adds things like WCF/WPF/WF, which are nicer ways to do things that were (generally) already there in the framework.

However, .NET 3.5 adds LINQ, which is huge and broad-reaching. LINQ-to-Objects is the most used, providing a more convenient model for regular code. But LINQ-to-SQL, and EF (in SP1) are ORM tools (with many others available).

.NET 4.0 targets a few problems, in particular threading (TPL/CCR) and dynamic objects (DLR). C# 4.0 has mainly changes to make dynamic objects easier to work with.

Answer 3

I really loves lambda expressions. It makes things so much easier! I also look forward to some of the features in C# 4.0, such as optional parameters, named parameters, No PIA and much more. :-)