: Added first-class visual designers for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to build "rich" Windows Vista-style apps.
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Visual Studio 2008 included enhanced tooling for building Office 2007 add-ins and SharePoint workflows. Developers could create rich, business-oriented applications that integrated seamlessly with Microsoft’s productivity suite, a critical capability for enterprise developers.
But VS2008 introduced . In Project Properties, I found a dropdown that let me choose Framework 2.0, 3.0, or 3.5. I selected 2.0 for the legacy product, and the IDE instantly hid all the new LINQ syntax and WPF controls. It was like magic—one tool, three runtimes.