Microsoft unveiled the next installment of it’s leading developer tools and development platform. The Visual Studio 2010 ( code named “Rosario”) and .NET Framework 4.0 promises all new frontiers for developers and end users. The announcement was made at PDC which proclaims and all new simplified application life-cycle management ( ALM) and core architectural improvements to cope with tomorrow’s client/server/cluster model application development requirements.

“With Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0, we are focused on the core pillars of developer experience, support for the latest platforms spanning client, server, services and devices, targeted experiences for specific application types, and core architecture improvements,” said S. “Soma” Somasegar, senior vice president of the Developer Division at Microsoft.

Major improvements offered in VS 2010 can be briefed as:

• New modeling capabilities which will include the ‘Oslo’ repository, tools and language
• Improved efficiency throughout the test cycle
• Substantial improvements in collaboration capabilities
• A unified VSTS Development and Database product for better integration
• Democratizing Application Lifecycle Management
• Better developer experience!
• Support for the latest innovations in application architecture, development and deployment.

I would certainly looking forward to this new release. But another sad fact is most developers are just getting used to the VS 2008 and now they have a new product to wait for, which will be shipped in just two years.

More information about VS 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 is available here.