Obsolete types and members in .Net framework 4

Microsoft did it again! They changed many type and member definitions in framework 4. Same thing had happened when framework 3.5 published. For example in 3.5 version mail class was transferred to System.Net from System.Web and Page.RegisterStartupScript was changed to ClientScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript etc.

And now the most interesting change is about System.Data.OracleClient. It is not actually a change, they will not support OracleClient class in next versions. It seems they give the responsibility to Oracle to create new .net classes to work with new frameworks.

(In framework 4) The types in System.Data.OracleClient are deprecated. The types are supported in version 4 of the .NET Framework but will be removed in a future release. Microsoft recommends that you use a third-party Oracle provider.

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What's new in the .Net framework 4

Visual Studio 2010 RC1 has been published on Microsoft's site. There are new features in new version of .net (Framework 4).
Asp.Net version 4 features are below. [Refer to msdn page for all features.]

• Core services, including a new API that lets you extend caching, support for compression for session-state data, and a new application preload manager (autostart feature).
• Web Forms, including more integrated support for ASP.NET routing, enhanced support for Web standards, updated browser support, new features for data controls, and new features for view state management.
• Web Forms controls, including a new Chart control.
• MVC, including new helper methods for views, support for partitioned MVC applications, and asynchronous controllers.
• Dynamic Data, including support for existing Web applications, support for many-to-many relationships and inheritance, new field templates and attributes, and enhanced data filtering.
• Microsoft Ajax, including additional support for client-based Ajax applications in the Microsoft Ajax Library.
• Visual Web Developer, including improved IntelliSense for JScript, new auto-complete snippets for HTML and ASP.NET markup, and enhanced CSS compatibility.
• Deployment, including new tools for automating typical deployment tasks.
• Multi-targeting, including better filtering for features that are not available in the target version of the .NET Framework.

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