How the Microsoft sponsored Toronto Code Camp 2010 with Visual Studio 2010 will be a major game changer!

How the Microsoft sponsored Toronto Code Camp 2010 with Visual Studio 2010 will be a major game changer!
I went Toronto Code Camp 2010 on Saturday, May 1st which was at Toronto’s York University. The even t was an intense and very advanced technical knowledge in development in the .net world which is developed by Microsoft. This was one of those days where i decided if I should focus on my development future on .net technology or stick with Java. I also have to decide if I focus on Linux and Unix world including Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, etc. Or do I focus on the newer Windows technology and platforms including Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2003 and 2008. Well, I must say quant and any investment bank, bulge bracket, or boutique investment house.
Ok, what are my decisions based on a day like this? It really depends but focusing only on C++ pretty well will not matter. The nice thing about C++ is that the program and application will be locally compiled for your host operating system. But you knew that already, right? If not, Google it.

What was my decision of the sessions I went to? IN a nutshell, Windows development has radically changed since the sub par development days of Vista. I believe Microsoft was really losing the game and momentum of Windows as newer open source technologies were picking up their own momentum. This of course includes Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server editions.
The new and powerful difference that brings Microsoft too the table in 2010 is it’s just recently launched Visual Studio. This thing is so good it makes Integrated Development Environments like Eclipse or Netbeans look so eighties. From the demos I have seen at the Toronto Code Camp, Visual Studio 2010 is very powerful from the Professional and up. I just got my hands on the Ultimate Edition which I can vouch is fantastic. I will post some future blog items on this. You may be impressed.