Visual Studio 2008, code-named Orcas, is the successor to Visual Studio 2005 currently under development. It is slated to be officially launched on February 27, 2008. The codename Orcas is, like Whidbey, a reference to an island in Puget Sound, Orcas Island. The successor to Visual Studio 2008 is codenamed Hawaii.
The first publically available beta was the September 2006 CTP, released on September 28, 2006. The latest beta is Beta 2, released on July 23, 2007.
Visual Studio 2008 is focused on development of Windows Vista, 2007 Office system, and Web applications. Among other things, it brings a new language feature, LINQ, new versions of C# and Visual Basic languages, a Windows Presentation Foundation visual designer, and improvements to the .NET Framework. It will also likely feature a new HTML/CSS editor influenced by Microsoft Expression Web. J# will not be included.Visual Studio 2008 requires .NET Framework 3.5 and by default configures compiled assemblies to run on .NET Framework 3.5; but it also supports multi-targeting which lets the developers choose which version of the .NET Common Language Runtime (out of 2.0, 3.0, Silverlight CoreCLR or .NET Compact Framework runtimes) the assembly will run on.
Visual Studio 2008 will feature a XAML based designer (codenamed Cider), workflow designer, LINQ to SQL designer (for defining the type mappings and object encapsulation for SQL data), XSLT debugger, XSD designer, JavaScript Intellisense support, JavaScript Debugging support, support for UAC manifests, a concurrent build system, among others. It will also ship with an enhanced set of UI widgets, both for WinForms and WPF.
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