Visual Studio 2012 New Features

Visual Studio 2012 New Features

• Dark Color Theme for code editor and IDE windows
• Quick Launch – search the Visual Studio commands/menu options you need and locate it quickly
• Pin Tabs(files) that you use often to the left side of the Tab-well
• Search option in IDE windows
• Find and Replace window changes
• Preview Tab
• Browser Drop Down
• Create Multiple Solution Explorer Instances
• Page Inspector
• IIS Express replaces the ASP.NET Development server
• HTML5 & CSS3 support
• Unmodified Visual Studio 2010 project files
• Single compact toolbar for common commands
• Code Editor Enhancements
• New Explorers: Solution, Test, Team and SQL
• Expression Blend
• LightSwitch

Visual Studio 2010 New Features

Visual Studio 2010 New Features

• Multi-targeting Application Development
• Faster Intellisense Support
• Editor Zoom Functionality
• Faster Assembly loading in “Add Reference”
• Detach Window outside IDE
• Reference Highlight
• Faster Code Generation
• Box Selection
• Easy Navigation
• Better Toolbox Support
• Breakpoints
• IntelliTrace
• Hiding the Selected Part of Code
• DataTips
• String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace
• Named and Optional Parameters
• Highlighting
• Intelligence Generated as Per Usage
• Predictable
• Inherit
• ClientID Generation using ClientIDMode
• Dynamic Language Support
• URL Routing

Add and Remove a assembly from GAC

To install assembly in Cache use  Gacutil.
Goto "Visual Studio Command Prompt" and type "gacutil -i <assembly_name>", where (assembly_name) is the DLL name of the project.
To uninstall assembly, type gacutil –u <assembly name> in  Visual Studio Command Prompt.

Global Assembly Cache

While using shared assemblies, to avoid Assembly being overwritten by a different version of the same assembly , shared assemblies are placed in a special directory subtree in the file system, known as the global assembly cache (GAC).
Placing shared assemblies can be done by special .Net Utilities Only.

assembly version information stored

In the Manifest.

Assembly in Net

Define Assembly 
An assembly is a fundamental unit of any .NET application. It contains the code that is executed by CLR (common language runtime).
I would like to limit the details to what is required to create and use an assembly.
However, it is important to know a few details about assemblies before we delve into creating and using it.
An assembly contains name, version, types (classes and others) created in it and details about other assemblies it references.
An assembly may be either an executable file - .EXE or a dynamic link library - .DLL


Type of Assembly:

1. Private Assembly
2. Shared Assembly

Private Assembly:
By default every assembly is a private assembly.
If we add a reference to a private assembly to any project, a copy of the assembly is given to the project.
So each project maintains a private copy of the assembly.

Shared Assembly:
A shared assembly is an assembly that resides in a centralized location known as the GAC (Global Assembly Cache) and that provides resources to multiple applications.
If an assembly is shared then multiple copies will not be created even when used by multiple applications.

View an Assembly Information

By using  Ildasm.exe  which is an MSIL Disassembler one can view attributes,references to other modules and assemblies.