Visual Studio 2010 and .

NET Framework 4 Training Workshop

Presentation Outline (hidden

Technical Level: 300 Intended Audience: Developers & Architects Objectives (what do you want the audience to take away):
Understand the changes coming to the .NET Framework 4 Understand the goals of CLR 4

Presentation Outline:
.NET Framework History and Packaging New BCL Improvements Code Contracts Type Equivalence/No-PIA In-Process SxS

Whats New In .NET Framework 4

Name Title Organization Email

A Look Back

SP1 3.5 3.0 .NET 1.0

2002 CLR 1.0

.NET 1.1
2003 CLR 1.1

.NET 2.0
2005-08 CLR 2.0

.NET 4
2008 CTP! CLR 4

What Is The .NET Framework?

WPF

Win Forms

DLR

ASP.NE T

WCF

LINQ

And more!

Base Class Libraries

The CLR
JIT & NGEN Garbage Collector Security Model Exception Handling Loader & Binder

Base Class Library Improvements

Numerics BigInteger, Complex Data Structures Tuple SortedSet<T>, ISet<T> I/O Memory-Mapped File Unified Cancellation Model

The goal of CLR 4

Working Better Together
In-Proc SxSManaged Extensibility Framework DLR Integration Native/Managed Interop

Faster
Threading Parallel Extensions Garbage Collection Profiling

With Fewer Bugs

Corrupted State Exceptions Code Contracts Debugging

The goal of CLR 4

Working Better Together
In-Proc SxS Managed Extensibility Framework DLR Integration Native/Managed Interop

Faster
Threading Parallel Extensions Garbage Collection Profiling

With Fewer Bugs

Corrupted State Exceptions Code Contracts Debugging

Design By Contract

Code Contracts introduce a way to specify contractual information that is not represented by a method or types signature alone.

What is a Contract?

A contract is an exchange of promises between two or more parties to do, or refrain from doing, an act which is enforceable in a court of law. - Wikipedia

Why Contracts?

There upset about that? But its the best gift in the hole world. Theyre upset about that? But its the best gift in the whole world.

Why Contracts?

Just because something compiles, doesnt mean it works

A Contract contains
Pre-conditions - must be true before public Rational(int numerator, int denominator)
{ Contract.Requires(denominator > 0); }

Post-conditions - must be true

public string GetPassword() { Contract.Ensures(Contract.Result<string>() != null); return password; }

A Contract contains

Invariants - must always be true

[ContractInvariantMethod] protected void ObjectInvariant() { Contract.Invariant(denominator > 0); }

Code Contracts

Type Equivalence Interop Assemblies translate between managed code and COM
For each interface, struct, enum, delegate, and member, contains a managed equivalent with marshalling data

However!
Primary Interop Assemblies cause many pain points

Go Away, PIA!
1. Compilers embed the portions of the interop assemblies that the addins actually use 3. Runtime ensures the embedded definitions of these types are considered equivalent

No-PIA

Existing Side-By-Side (SxS)

1.1 addin 2.0 addin 3.0 addin 3.5 addin

3.5 3.0 .NET 1.1 .NET 2.0

Host Process (i.e. Outlook)

In-Process Side-By-Side (SxS)

2.0 addin 3.0 addin 3.5 addin 4.0 addin

3.5 3.0 .NET 2.0 .NET 4.0

Host Process (i.e. Outlook)

The goal of CLR 4.0

Working Better Together
In-Proc SxSManaged Extensibility Framework DLR Integration Native/Managed Interop

Faster
Threading Parallel Extensions Garbage Collection Profiling

With Fewer Bugs

Corrupted State Exceptions Code Contracts Debugging

Why Compatibility Is Hard

.NET Framework 1.1 was highly compatible with 1.0
Thread [] threads = new Thread[8]; for (int i=0; i<8; i++) { Worker worker = new Worker(); threads[i] = new ThreadStart(worker.Work); threads[i].Start(); worker.identity =i; }

Code from an Outlook addin our executives used

Why Compatibility Is Hard

Thread [] threads = new Thread[8]; for (int i=0; i<8; i++) { Worker worker = new Worker(); threads[i] = new ThreadStart(worker.Work); threads[i].Start(); worker.identity =i; }

Code from an Outlook addin our executives used .NET 1.1 just slightly faster for starting threads No Executives at Microsoft could use their mail Bug wasnt our fault but no one cares