Lynn Langit's slides from April and May 2008 MSDN launch developer events in Southern California

1. About the Microsoft ® .NET Framework 3.5 Lynn Langit MSDN Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/SoCalDevGal

2. Agenda Why do you need .NET Framework 3.5? What’s new in .NET Framework 3.5? When can you get .NET Framework 3.5? What is Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5? What is the Microsoft .NET Framework? Questions and answers What’s new in .NET Framework 3.0?

3. Microsoft Application Platform

5. Why do you need .NET Framework 3.5? Create applications that run anywhere: mobile devices, browsers, desktops, and servers Enables better collaboration between developers and designers to create rich user experiences Productivity improvements like LINQ to provide a single platform for quickly building apps that run anywhere Simplifies building applications with messaging systems and/or workflows Connected Compelling Ubiquitous & Productive

6. What was new in .NET Framework 3.0? build user interfaces for applications and media-rich experiences build and run connected systems - focus on Web services build workflow-enabled applications build secure online user authentication .NET FRAMEWORK Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Windows Cardspace

10. Programming with objects Unified Query Constructs across all data XML, SQL Server or Object collections IntelliSense, syntax checking, debugging within VS2008 (C# and VB)

21. Questions and answers

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