Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate Ready
Posted on Mon, Mar 08, 2010 @ 09:17 AM
A release candidate (RC) of Visual Studio (VS) 2010 and the .NET Framework 4 is now available. The RC should be the last test release of the development toolset and application runtime before the expected final product release on Apr. 12, 2010. Microsoft claims the RC addresses performance issues reported by customers testing beta releases, such as slow response times and high memory usage. The issues prompted Microsoft to extend the beta program while improvements were made and to delay the final release into April. VS 2010 is a major update over the current VS 2008 product, and it adds many new development environment features, modeling utilities, and test tools, while the .NET Framework 4 gets new support for parallel code development and dynamic languages, a major update to the Windows Workflow Foundation, an improved Windows Communications Foundation, and other enhancements.
The RC can be downloaded at msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/dd582936.aspx. Microsoft's VS product site is at www.microsoft.com/visualstudio.