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From: Tom Serface on 27 May 2010 17:20
There is certainly vast improvement over 2005, but I don't think so much
over 2008 unless you need some of the new stuff. For C++ programmers that
is. If you use C++ and C# then certainly the new C# improvements in the IDE
will make it worth the cost of upgrade. If you use the MFC Feature Pack you
will like the new ribbon editor, but if you don't use it and static link you
will not like the overhead.

As usual, though, the IDE doesn't perform the same for C++ as it does for
C#. I know the reasons why, I just miss the C# stuff when I switch back and
forth (little things like the auto highlighting of variables, suggestion
mode for Intellisense, etc.)

Tom

"Hector Santos" <sant9442(a)nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Just finished installed VS2010/PRO. What can I say - BUT WOW!! Absolutely
> incredible - Microsoft GREAT JOB!!
>
> There were were some things, like not being able to step thru some code,
> slow stepping, a new GUI editor to get use too, but overall - I LIKE!!!!
> No real compiling of anything, just created a few new C++ and C# projects,
> GUI and console. I will now try to recompile some VC6 code and also some
> already ported VS2005 projects.
>
> Unlike my VS2005 installation in the past, this time I said YES TO
> EVERYTHING to get the full expected experience. I will turn off things as
> I learn it.
>
> Now let me see what I can do with this "Thing of Beauty!" :)
>
> --
> Hector Santos, CTO
> http://www.santronics.com
>
> <offtopic>
>
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>
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From: Tom Serface on 27 May 2010 17:24
If you are developing for Win7 there are some interesting new control
interfaces. I am intrigued by multitouch as well. I see that as becoming
more of a big deal all the time, especially in hand held devices. I think
the new task dialog is nice as well. There are a few MFC improvements.

The Navigate To functionality in the Edit menu is really nice.

I didn't notice any difference in compile times, and slightly bigger EXEs
for the same code in 2010 and, as mentioned several times here, lots larger
EXEs for static linking. .NET 4.0 has lots of great stuff, the WPF editor
is really nice (except I got it to crash a few times). I'm ready to switch
from WinForms to WPF though. Wow.

I think the new thread debugging improvements look nice too, but I haven't
gone there yet.

Tom

"ab`" <ab(a)absent.com> wrote in message
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> It's very hard to describe VS10 as being better for MFC development,
> besides the "message map popup."

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