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Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Coming Thursday

By the Betanews Staff | Published July 24, 2007, 3:28 PM

Microsoft will announce Thursday morning the release of Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2. According to Scott Guthrie, the general manager of Microsoft's Developer Division, the release will be nearly feature complete and will likely be the last major release before the product is released to manufacturing in preparation for its launch on February 27, 2008.

Beta 1 of Visual Studio 2008 -- code-named "Orcas" -- was released in April, and brings with it features aimed at development for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Version 3.5 of the .NET Framework will accompany the release. "VS 2008 and .NET 3.5 Beta 2 (which will be out later this week) are pretty much feature complete," said Guthrie. "We'll do some small features additions/chanegs based on new feedback on Beta 2, but 99% of the features are all there."

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jaswantsinghrana
Jul 26, 2007 - 8:26 PM

Cheers Guys! Finally it is out there for download. Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 has been released. Below is the url for download:

http://msdn2.microsoft.c...s/vstudio/aa700831.aspx

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jaswantsinghrana
Jul 26, 2007 - 8:17 PM edited

Cheers Guys! Finally it is out there for download. Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 has been released. Below is the url for download:

http://msdn2.microsoft.c...s/vstudio/aa700831.aspx

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Webdiyer
Jul 25, 2007 - 8:46 PM edited

It's thursday today, I can't wait anymore...

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mdean1962
Jul 25, 2007 - 5:01 PM

Another toy (er, I mean tool) that I can play (work) with. I love Software Development!!

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palermo4
Jul 25, 2007 - 4:23 PM edited

Don't forget LINQ as a feature to look forward to as well. And finally an IDE that can target multiple versions of the framework! :)

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ritchiep
Jul 26, 2007 - 2:01 PM edited

Target multiple versions of the framework as long as they're .NET 2.0 or greater.

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brianp@msn.com
Jul 24, 2007 - 10:48 PM

bring on .net 3.5, xaml, silverlight development!!! can't wait!

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iamtux
Jul 24, 2007 - 4:08 PM

Can't wait!

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msdousti
Jul 24, 2007 - 3:52 PM

Good news. Looking forward...

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