2010 Express just became available, so I've downloaded and installed it. An initial test upgrade of the DirectQ project went cleanly, a few tweaks regarding the version of the DirectX SDK I had on this machine, and it compiled well and the first quick run went without any crashes.
There are lots of things to like about 2010. Intellisense is finally fixed for C++ (yes, this time it really does work), autocomplete! (I didn't expect that), the UI seems faster and more responsive, and compile times appear to have been reduced.
Some things not to like. Include and lib directories now have to be specified per-project, the funky colour scheme (I'm of the opinion that Serious Tools should just use the native widgets and colours) and - most damning of all - Windows 2000 is no longer a supported platform for applications built with it.
Because of that last point, DirectQ will for at least the medium term remain on 2008. I'll definitely be making use of 2010 for all of the various little test apps I work with, and also for some of the experimental work I do from time to time.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Visual C++ 2010 Express
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