Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional is a comprehensive integrated development environment (IDE)
The first version to let you build applications for different versions of the .NET Framework (2.0, 3.0, and 3.5) within a single IDE. Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional
For many developers, the jump from Visual Studio 2005 to 2008 was less about a fresh coat of paint and more about raw productivity and new capabilities. Multi-Targeting Support Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional is a comprehensive
Perhaps the most significant language advancement was LINQ. Within VS 2008 Professional, developers could write SQL-like queries directly inside C# or VB.NET syntax, complete with full IntelliSense and compile-time checking. This dramatically reduced the amount of boilerplate code needed for data access. Within VS 2008 Professional, developers could write SQL-like
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