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Create rapid applications with Orcas

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BANGALORE, INDIA: Developers working on smart client applications can rapidly create connected applications that deliver the highest quality rich user experiences by using Microsoft Visual Studio code name “Orcas”.

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“Orcas” enables developers to swiftly create more secure, manageable and reliable applications that take advantage of the Windows Vista and the 2007 Office system, according to the company website. Thus organizations of any size will find it easier than ever before to capture and analyze information which will help them make effective business decisions.

Some of the key advances offered by “Orcas”  for developers are:



Improvement in developer productivity


The developer productivity in “Orcas”  does not end with the code editor and wizards. By stretching this concept to application architectures and the underlying platform, productive development tool apart, “Orcas”  also enables developers to tackle new business problems while decreasing the total cost of solution construction.  “Orcas” offers new tools and frameworks for developers, designers and database professionals to simplify their tasks.

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IT life cycle management


“Orcas” enhances the end-to-end value of Visual Studio Team System by increasing its role-based coverage and delivering enhanced traceability throughout the software development life cycle. With deep integration across roles in the software life cycle and the Team Foundation Server, Team System enables customers to amplify the impact of their teams and improve software quality.



Employing the latest technologies


As users hunt for new ways to comprehend and retain information, developers still have to work on basic desktop and application security. Visual Studio, Windows Vista and the 2007 Office system enable developers to deliver a safe, robust and compelling user experience in any type of application.

 

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“Orcas” achieves these key advances through a plethora of innovative product improvements, such as:



Smoother handling of Data


By introducing Language Integrated Query (LINQ) and improving ADO.NET, developers can deal with data using a consistent programmatic way and with new design surfaces and support for the occasionally connected design pattern.



Enabling new web experiences


Developers can easily create Web applications with more interactive, more responsive and more efficient client-side execution beyond the secure, reliable and extensible infrastructure of IIS, using the seamless integration and familiar programming model of ASP.NET AJAX and other extensions and enhancements.

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Improving application life-cycle management (ALM)


“Orcas” lends solid support, not only for managing the entire software development life cycle, but also for the critical interaction with the final end users and managers of an enterprise application.



Targeting Windows Vista and .NET Framework 3.0 development


Developers will easily be able to take advantage of the new platform technologies and deliver more compelling applications to their customers by effortlessly inculcating new Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) features into both existing Windows Forms applications and new applications.



Creation of MS Office applications


Visual Studio Tools for Office is now fully absorbed into “Orcas” Professional Edition and enables developers to customize any Office application, from Outlook to PowerPoint, to improve end-user productivity and significantly enhance deployment, says the company website.

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