In this video we spotlight the new language features of Visual Basic 2010, including “Consume First” Mode, auto generated properties as well as the auto generated hidden fields, automating the stubbing out of getters and setters for auto generated properties. We’ll see new code window features like visually highlighting symbols and navigating through symbols using Ctrl + arrow keys. We look at the new collection initializers and the “From” keyword, and will review object initializers in VB9 in the process. We show a little trick of how to use VB9 extension methods to overload the List.Add() method in order to further improve the conciseness of collection initializer. We demonstrate how VB2010 reduces the dependency of the underscore line continuation character in some contexts. We spend the remainder of the video demonstrating multi-line lambda expressions by demonstrating the new System.Threading.Parallel.Invoke to process functions in background threads and execute parts of your code asynchronously. There’s a LOT to learn in this video!

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About this video:

Duration: 32 Minutes, 26 Seconds
Recorded Using: Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 or Greater