The public availability of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 Beta1 was announced today on Jason Zander’s blog:

http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonz/archive/2009/05/20/general-download-of-vs2010-net-framework-4-0-beta-1.aspx

Below are some resources to use as you download and start using the Beta.

Cheers,

Lisa Feigenbaum | Program Manager | VS Languages

VB, C#, and F# 2010 on MSDN

These are the best one-stop shops for information on what’s new in VB, C#, and F# in VS2010:

VB: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/dd819153.aspx

C#: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vcsharp/dd819407.aspx

F#: http://msdn.com/fsharp

Additional VS2010 resources

·         VS2010 Download page

·         VS2010 Walkthroughs

·         MSDN Library: What’s New in Visual Studio 2010

·         VS2010 Connect

·         Forums: VS, VB, C#, F#

·         Samples: VS, VB, C#, F#

·         Language specs: VB, C#, F#

·         IronPython 2.6 CTP for .NET 4.0 Beta1

·         IronRuby CTP for .NET 4.0 Beta 1