Heroes Happen Here Event in Indianapolis

Today I’m attending the Microsoft Heroes Happen Here event in downtown Indianapolis. I’m attending as part of the developer track and the session I’m in is being led by Patrick Foley, ISV Software Architect Evangelist for Microsoft.

He’s briefly running through the “wave” of applications that are currently released and in the pipeline for future release. Lots of information is all tied around a few key components: SQL Server, Sharepoint and .NET applications.

A few keys to improving the web experience:

• User Experience
• Collaboration
• Productivity

Focusing on the new features and functionality of Visual Studio 2008 centers around achieving the keys above.

• cleaner HTML and design/code split-view now available
• improved CSS management, including Intellisense
• ASP.NET support for LINQ