New Features of .NET Framework 4.0 at Microsoft .NET Support

Hi Friends,

This post contains information about key features and improvements in the .NET Framework version 4.0

The Microsoft .NET Framework 4 coming up with many new features for enabling developers to create applications faster than ever and fully compatible with the older versions of .NET Framework. Some of the New Features in the .NET Framework Version 4.0 are as follows:

• Improved Security
• Parallel Computing
• Visual Basic and C# languages innovations
• Performance and Diagnostics
• Dynamic Language Run-time
• In-Process Side-by-Side Execution
• Interoperability
• Profiling
• Garbage Collection
• Exceptions Handling
• Corrupted State Exceptions
• Covariance and Contra-variance
• Base Class Libraries
• Collections and Data Structures
• BigInteger
• SortedSet Generic Class
• Tuples
• I/O
• File System Enumeration Improvements
• Memory-Mapped Files
• Isolated Storage Improvements
• Compression Improvements
• Reflection
• Application Domain Resource Monitoring
• 64-bit View and Other Registry Improvements
• Threading
• Unified Model for Cancellation
• Thread-Safe Collection Classes
• Synchronization Primitives
• Networking
• Web
• Core Services
• New Features in ASP.NET AJAX 4
• Web Forms
• ASP.NET MVC
• Dynamic Data
• Visual Studio 2010 Web Designer Improvements
• Web Application Deployment with Visual Studio 2010
• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Improvement
• Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Improvement
• Managed Extensibility Framework
• ADO.NET Improvement
• Expression Trees
• Support for WS-Discovery
• Standard Endpoints
• Workflow Services
• Workflow Activity Model
• Richer Composite Activity Options
• Expanded Built-in Activity Library
• Enhanced Persistence and Unloading

Bibliography:-

NET Framework 4 Beta 1:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/w0x726c2%28VS.100%29.aspx

Security Changes in the .NET Framework 4:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd233103%28VS.100%29.aspx
Parallel Programming in the .NET Framework:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd460693%28VS.100%29.aspx
Performance Counters in the .NET Framework
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/w8f5kw2e%28VS.100%29.aspx
Dynamic Language Runtime Overview
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd233052%28VS.100%29.aspx
What’s New in Windows Presentation Foundation Version 4
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb613588%28VS.100%29.aspx
Managed Extensibility Framework
http://www.codeplex.com/MEF/
What’s New in ADO.NET
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ex6y04yf%28VS.100%29.aspx
 
http://msdotnetsupport.blogspot.com/2009/06/27-new-features-of-net-framework-40.html

http://www.tutorialized.com/view/tutorial/New-Features-in-the-.NET-Framework-Version-4.0/53612

Regards,

Rajesh