Visual Studio 2008 vs Visual Studio 2010 on Framework 3.5

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I am using Visual Studio 2008 since its release, but I have never ever use Visual Studio 2010. Basically I want to know where VS 2010 is a only a other version of Visual Studio or it has some special features.

I have to work in only .NET framework version 3.5 not 4.0

Best Answer

You can develop/target your applications to the 3.5 framework with Visual Studio.

Visual Studio 2010 of course offers a better development experience. Here are those items that I'd highlight to justify the switch:

  • better TFS 2010 integrations
  • nicer font rendering
  • Start Page improvements (pinning projects and no more useless RSS feeds)
  • easier path to revving to beyond .NET 3.5
  • much improved extensibility and the Visual Studio Gallery integration
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