Thursday, February 11, 2010

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit – February Release (aka the VS2010 RC Compatible release) – We’re talking 602MB of VS/.Net training stuff here…

Microsoft Downloads - Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit - February Release

“February Release of the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit

File Name: VS2010TrainingKitFebruarySetup.exe
Version: 1.3
Date Published: 2/10/2010
Language: English
Download Size: 199.4 MB


Overview

The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos. This content is designed to help you learn how to utilize the Visual Studio 2010 features and a variety of framework technologies including:

  • C# 4.0
  • Visual Basic 10
  • F#
  • Parallel Extensions
  • Windows Communication Foundation
  • Windows Workflow
  • Windows Presentation Foundation
  • ASP.NET 4
  • Windows 7
  • Entity Framework
  • ADO.NET Data Services
  • Managed Extensibility Framework
  • Visual Studio Team System
This version of the Training Kit works with Visual Studio 2010 RC and .NET Framework 4 RC. [GD: Emphasis Added] 

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Holly cow… The download size has grown by 106MB since v1.1. From a compressed 93MB in v1.1 to a compressed 199MB (602MB uncompressed!) in this version. Wow

For a view of the v1.1 and v1.0 check out Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit - October Preview (aka VS2010 B2 version) released  & A little VS2010/.Net 4 Training Kit with your Beta 1?

 

Here’s a snap from the main page;

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And a snap, via WinDirStat, of the contents. The 602MB isn’t just a ton of videos (there’s actually no “videos” on disk, they are all being hosted and streamed from Channel 9 is seems) but instead just tons of data, doc’s, resources and code.

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Related Past Post XRef:
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit - October Preview (aka VS2010 B2 version) released
A little VS2010/.Net 4 Training Kit with your Beta 1?

Visual Studio 2010 Licensing White Paper (includes Team Foundation Server, Lab Management and IntelliTrace)
VS 2010 RC now available for download to the general public (no MSDN Subscription required)
VS2010 RC now available on MSDN Subscribers Download. General availably coming tomorrow (February 10th)
VS2010/.Net 4 release date slips and we get a public RC in February to make up for it (and I’m okay with it)

Visual Studio 2010/.Net 4.0 B2 now available via MSDN Subscribers Download, new SKU names (Ultimate, Premium, Express Combo) and VS2010 launch dates announced
VSTS/TFS2010 Beta 2 coming “real soon” and will have a “Go Live” license (i.e. Now’s the time to start getting ready…)

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