.NET 3.5 Language Enhancements

While Visual Studio 2008, the several variations of LINQ, and the ADO.NET Entity Framework are getting a lot of attention in the upcoming .NET Framework 3.5, there are also several key language enhancements on the near horizon. Many of the language enhancements (which will be found in VB 9 and C# 3.0) are the foundation of these more prominent new technologies.

This article is a primer for some of the key enhancements that will be introduced with the .NET Framework 3.5 and how they relate to each other.