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Visual Studio 2008 vs Visual Studio 2010 on the 3.5 platform

I have been using Visual Studio 2008 since its release, but I have never used Visual Studio 2010. Basically, I want to know where VS 2010 is just another version of Visual Studio or has some special features.
I should only work in the .NET Framework version 3.5, but not 4.0

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You can develop / customize applications on the 3.5 framework using Visual Studio.

Visual Studio 2010, of course, offers the best development experience. Here are the elements that I would single out to justify the switch:

  • better TFS 2010 integration
  • improved font rendering
  • Improving the start page (creating projects and the absence of useless RSS feeds)
  • easier way to upgrade to .NET 3.5
  • Extensibility and Integration of Visual Studio Gallery significantly improved
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In VS 2010, you can use the excellent free extension pack: Power Tools. You can learn more about this on Scott Guthrie's blog :: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/06/09/visual-studio-2010-productivity-power-tool-extensions.aspx

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I think it's worth upgrading to VS2010, if only for NuGet and Web.Config Conversion . I also suggest switching to .NET 4 / MVC3, which will require VS2010. But it is worth doing even without this as an immediate benefit.

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I'm not sure VS2010 is better than VS2008 if you are only developing, for example, using ASP.NET and WinForms for .NET 3.5.

Compiling for Framework 3.5 and x86 on Windows 7 x64 is a nightmare due to a Resgen problem where workarounds do not always work (Because of this, I returned to Windows 7 x86). (Does anyone know if this has been fixed using the appropriate Windows 7 and VS2010 SP1?)

I don’t understand why, but opening the Winforms constructor often fails, requiring a VS reboot and a solution reboot. This is incredibly annoying.

And toolbar customization is not so good in VS2010.

I should think that if you want to use the features of Framework 4.0 or work with Silverlight or WPF, VS2010 is much better.

But for the rest, I don't think the benefits are obvious.

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Just select the target structure when creating your project in 2010.

Same post here:

How to add .net 3.5 in visual studio 2010?

Can I develop asp.net 3.5 / 2.0 projects using Visual Studio 2010?

Or try installing .net framework 3.5 and installing its update. NET framework

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