This is "sort of" a blog post I guess ;-)  Over the last several weeks I have been updating a number of Intertech .NET classes to cover 4.0 features. Since a number of developers seems to be quite interested based on my email Inbox, I figured I'd document some of the key changes (see our web site for more detail).

Complete LINQ : Added material about the new Task Parallel Library and PLINQ. These .NET 4.0 features are simply awesome.  Using the TPL/PLINQ you can very easily distribute tasks across multiple cores, free up UI threads with minimal fuss, and execute a LINQ query in parallel. Very cool stuff. Also added coverage on LINQ to Entities.  While LINQ to Entities / EF was technically added in .NET 3.5 SP1, I have not had time to add coverage until just now!  Class now uses Visual Studio 2010.

Complete WPF: First, the entire class now uses Blend 3 and Visual Studio 2010, so we get some great new designer tools. Added coverage on the Visual State Manager (VSM) and animation easings.

Complete WCF: REST!  Added some content about the WCF WEB HTTP programming model, default endpoints.  Class now uses Visual Studio 2010.

I will be updating our Complete C# and Complete VB classes soon to use VS 2010, and address some changes to the GAC under 4.0.

Once that is wrapped up, Intertech's Silverlight class will make the move to SL 4.0! 

One question I have for all of you is, what is your take on Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0?  Anybody using it in production yet?  I'd love to hear your thoughts, so pop me an email at atroelsen@interech.com

Happy coding!

Andrew Troelsen