Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework 4.0

Microsoft today announced the next versions for .Net as .Net Framework 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010. They did not, however, announce the actual dates when the CTP (Community Technology Preview) release will be made available to the developer community. In a recent entry on his blog, SomaSegar the Sr. VP of the Developer Division states that the primary focus with Visual Studio 2010 and the .Net Framework 4.0 is

• Significantly improve the core pillars of the developer experience
• Support for the latest platforms spanning the client, web, server, services and devices
• Targeted and simplified developer experiences for different application types
• Architectural improvements to the tools platform for better modularity and extensibility

All sounds very interesting, but from what I know and in speaking with other developers and peers in the Industry,  most of us are still developing client facing business applications in Visual Studio 2005 and .Net Framework 2.0. Some of us (including me) have just started migrating to Visual Studio 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5. So many new features to learn and master, it makes many of us wonder, “how will we ever be able to keep up with the latest technologies ?”, especially in the .Net world, where Microsoft continues to put out new versions every 12 months or so ?

Run rabbit run,
Dig that hole in the sun,
When at last the work is done,
Don’t sit down, it’s time to dig another one.

That was one of my friend’s response. What is yours ?
Further Reading

• Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 Overview
• What’s next for Visual Studio and .NET FX?
• Visual Studio 2010 in Action on Channel 9
• The Road to PDC – .NET Framework 4.0 and ‘Dublin’