Scott Dorman

Last September while I was working on my Teach Yourself Visual C# 2010 in 24 Hours book for Sams Publishing, I posted some interesting statistics for the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. Now that the .NET Framework 4.0 has been released, I thought I would update these statistics (and thanks to Lisa for asking about them).

There were a total of 44,346 types (loaded from 130 assemblies), with 33,152 classes, 2,398 interfaces, 4,828 enums, and 8,796 value types. The complete breakdown is shown below.

Of the 33,152 classes, 564 of them are exceptions. There are 428 public and 136 non-public exceptions. The complete breakdown is shown below.

With the release of the Visual Studio Pro Power Tools (and many other new extensions having been released), my list of favorite Visual Studio extensions has changed. All of these extensions are available in the Visual Studio Gallery.

Here is the list of extensions that I currently have installed and find useful:

• Bing Start Page
• CodeCompare
• Collapse Selection In Solution Explorer
• Collapse Solution
• Color Picker Completion
• Extension Analyzer
• Find Results Highlighter
• Find Results Tweak (Available from CodePlex)
• Format Document
• HelpViewerKeywordIndex
• HighlightMultiWord
• Image Insertion
• Indentation Matcher Extension
• ItalicComments
• MoveToRegionVSX
• Numbered Bookmarks
• PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2010
• Regular Expressions Margin
• Search Work Items for TFS 2010
• Source Outliner
• Spell Checker
• Structure Adornment
• This also installs the following extensions:
• BlockTagger
• BlockTaggerImpl
• SettingsStore
• SettingsStoreImpl
• StyleCop
• Team Founder Server Power Tools
• TFS Auto Shelve
• Visual Studio Color Theme Editor
• Visual Studio Pro Power Tools
• VS10x Code Map
• VS10x Code Marker
• VS10x Collapse All Projects
• VS10x Editor View Enhancer
• VS10x Insert Debug Names
• VS10x Selection Popup
• VS10x Super Copy Paste
• VSCommands 2010
• Word Wrap with Auto-Indent

If you’re going to TechEd North America this year, Sams Publishing will be giving away 9 advanced reader copies. In order to win a copy, be sure to follow the InformIT Twitter account and the #TechEd hash tag. Sporadically throughout the day a tweet will be sent out stating that the first person who comes to the booth and mentions my book will get a copy. The give away will probably occur over multiple days, so be sure to keep an eye on Twitter.

Earlier today, Joe Healy interviewed me about the upcoming book. The video is now up on YouTube and will be on Channel 9 shortly.

If you’re going to TechEd 2010* (North America), be sure to check out the TechEd 2010 Schedule and Twitter Tool. If you have a mobile device (Windows Mobile 6.5, Android, iPhone), a tablet (Windows 7, iPad), or even a laptop (Windows Vista or Windows 7 gadgets) then this tool is essential. It allows you to view all of the session details and build your own customized schedule.

You can also keep up with all of the TechEd related Twitter traffic from the same application. By default, the #TechEd hashtag is tracked, but you can add your own favorite hash tags as well. You can also send tweets using SMS.