(InfoWorld) Microsoft Corp. on Monday released the first service packs for the Visual Studio 2008 software development platform and the accompanying .Net Framework 3.5 programming framework, offering improvements for building client, Web and data-driven applications.

Visual Studio 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 were released last November. The Visual Studio pack and the .Net Framework upgrade service packs are available immediately for download.

Enhancements in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 include improved designers for building Windows Presentation Foundation applications and improved tools for developing AJAX applications. Designers also are featured for ADO.Net (Active Data Objects) Entity Framework, for building data-driven applications.

A richer JavaScript development environment is included, along with a streamlined Web site deployment experience, Microsoft said. The service pack extends developer-focused.............


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