Microsoft fabricated accessible .NET Framework 3.5 accordingly with the RTM of Visual Studio 2008 at the end of 2007. Almost a year later, the Redmond behemothic is now already searching to the approaching of its developer accoutrement and platform, and has appear that .NET Framework 4.0 will be appear accordingly with Visual Studio 2010.
A borderline for the availability of the final versions of .NET Framework 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010 has yet to be appear but, anticipation by the availability of the antecedent versions of the company's chip development solutions, the end of 2009 or the alpha of 2010 could both be targeted.
“With Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0, we are focused on the amount pillars of developer experience, abutment for the latest platforms spanning client, server, casework and devices, targeted adventures for specific appliance types, and amount architectonics improvements,” said S. “Soma” Somasegar, chief carnality admiral of the Developer Division at Microsoft. “These pillars are advised accurately to accommodated the needs of developers, the teams that drive the appliance activity aeon from abstraction to delivery, and the barter that appeal the accomplished superior applications beyond a*sorted platforms. You can apprehend to apprehend a lot added about Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 in the advancing months.”
Microsoft has started talking .NET Framework 4.0 at just 10 months back the RTW (release to web) of .NET Framework 3.5, and alone two months back the availability of .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1). A key aspect of .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 was the addition of ASP.NET Dynamic Data, streamlining the data-driven development by circumventing the action of autograph code.

“At a top level, actuality are the key areas that we are absorption on with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET FX 4.0: decidedly advance the amount pillars of the developer experience; abutment for the latest platforms spanning the client, web, server, casework and devices; targeted and simplified developer adventures for altered appliance types; [and] architectural improvements to the accoutrement belvedere for bigger modularity and extensibility,” Somasegar added.