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  • Design Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications with built-in designer support
    • Create rich Windows applications
    • Integrate 2D and 3D graphics, integration of audio and video controls
    • Add cool effects
  • Create data-enabled applications with the lightweight SQL Server Compact Edition or powerful client/server applications with SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
    • Build applications using LINQ (Language Integrated Query) which adds data querying capabilities for SQL Server, XML, and objects to Visual Basic
  • Develop quickly with IntelliSense support for the latest Visual Basic enhancements
Fun
  • Add cool, fun controls to your projects using the C4F Developer Toolkit and the C4F Vista P2P Developer Kit
    • Create P2P chat applications with no lines of code
    • Build cool applications with easy-to-use drag and drop controls which includes features like Smart Tags, all source code in Visual Basic, QuickStart documentation and much more; exclusively developed for Visual Studio 2008 and Windows Vista
    • Stream videos to family with a custom WPF P2P video application
    • Get started with the new WPF C4F Dashboard application
  • Share projects with others using the Popfly Explorer
  • Connect with your friends and create cool applications with the Facebook Developer Toolkit
  • Checkout cool fun projects dedicated to Do-It-Yourself developers on Coding4Fun
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