Major new Feature of Visual Studio 2011 is leverage the power of the Windows 8 specially Metro Style Application with Windows Dev Center by using HTML 5 Support and Strong markup and java script intelligence full incompatibility with .net framework 4.5 new features for Asp.net and C#. VS2011 have such great support of search.SharePoint Support is really cool specially remote publishing ,testing , Debugging feature. thanks a god now visual web part is available in sandbox great support and IntelliSense for JavaScript with streamlined temps.

Core Feature of .net framework 4.5 Vs 2011

IDE

• Metro UI and window 8 App
• multiple monitors
• Improved Soution explorer
• html 5 and xmal degsiner enhancement
• Strong ALM Support with TFS 2011
• SharePoint Remote Deployment (Love it :)
• Support for with CSS 3 and HTML 5 ,XMAL(silverlight)
• Just in time compiler on multi-core processors
• Stronge Regular expression engine
• Enhancement of MEF
  
  
  Asp.net

• Asynchronously http request and responses
• web sockets
• Model binders (great feature)
• Expressions for DataBind ( Like when you we some thing like that for databind Text='<%#BindItem.FirstName %>' it will give us intelligence.
• Support for HTML5 CSS 3
• GridView enhancement

Windows 8 Metro App

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/apps/

Full Support for html 5 css3 and xmal with template.

SharePoint 2010 Support

Improved SharePoint 2010 Sandbox Soluiton

Create Lists and Content Types by Using New Designers

Create Site Columns

Create Silverlight Web Parts

Publish SharePoint Solutions to Remote SharePoint Servers

Test SharePoint Performance by Using Profiling Tools

Create Sandboxed Visual Web Parts

Improved Support for Sandboxed Solutions.

Support for JavaScript Debugging and IntelliSense for JavaScript

Streamlined SharePoint Project Templates

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee290856(v=vs.110).aspx

use full resource

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/hh403373

download

http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/11/en-us

Learn

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br211380(v=VS.85).aspx (metro app)

TFS

http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/TOOL-820F

Chanel 9 and other

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-za/ms348103

http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011

SHarePoint Master Page HTML 5 (great work by MvP)

http://kyleschaeffer.com/sharepoint/v5-responsive-html5-master-page/

Helpful Links

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/dd819097
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg589511(v=vs.85).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg589510(v=vs.85).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/gg699339(VS.85).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/gg589503.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/gg589484(v=VS.85).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/gg589491(v=VS.85).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/gg589526(v=VS.85).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/gg589488(v=VS.85).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/gg589504(v=VS.85).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/gg589490(v=VS.85).aspx
http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Default.html
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg589502(v=VS.85).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/hh335062.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/hh550089
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/hh549253
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/hh552482
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/hh549259
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/hh549261
http://disneydigitalbooks.go.com/tron/
http://www.thisshell.com/
http://theuprisingcreative.com/
http://joshuasortino.com/
http://unionstationdenver.com/
http://cinemur.fr/
http://www.ultranoir.com/en/#!/home/
http://www.iamyuna.com/
http://www.moodsofnorway.com/
http://vlog.it/
http://www.beetle.com/
http://www.ds5.citroen.com/
http://www.storiesinflight.com/html5/

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: Arfa Karim, the world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), lost the battle of life after remaining admitted at a Lahore hospital on Saturday night, Geo News reported.

Arfa Karim was only sixteen years old.

Her funeral prayers will be offered on Sunday at 10 AM in Cantt area.

Born in 1995, Arfa Karim got the honor of World’s Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional when she was only 9 years old in 2004. Bill Gates, the Chairman of Microsoft, invited Arfa to visit the Microsoft Headquarters in the USA in the age of 10 only.

Later, in August 2005, Arfa was also honored by the Pakistan Government for the Fatima Jinnah Gold Medal in the field of Science and Technology which she received from then Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. She was also honored with Salaam Pakistan Youth Award in 2005 which has been set up by Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate Dr Abdul Salam. Moreover, Arfa has won the Presidential Award for Pride of Performance.

Arfa represented her country Pakistan on a variety of international fora. She was also included as the honorable guest by IT Professionals of Dubai for two weeks stay in Dubai. During that trip, Arfa was awarded by a number of medals and awards from various tech societies and computer companies working in Dubai.

Amazingly, she was certified for flying a plane at a flying club in Dubai at the age of 10.

Arfa also participated in Microsoft keynote session in the Tech-Ed Developers Conference held in Barcelona, in 2006. The theme of the conference was “Get ahead of the game” and Arfa was in fact a great example of being ahead of the game.

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