This was quite a surprise to see this available today, as I had just been discussing the TAP with the guys at TVP and they were of the opinion that it would be within the next 10 weeks.
There’s a ‘Katmai’ min-site on Connect where you can get all the info and download the CTP.
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/content/content.aspx?ContentID=5395
… Microsoft keynote that demos something fantastic using one line of code I’d be rich! This time it was the turn of TechEd 2007 where we were shown a single line of code added to Outlook using Beta 1 of Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas) and VSTO which highlighted an incoming mail from a salesperson which then allowed you to link to Sharepoint and analyze their sales figures.
All very impressive, but as usual, hides the hundreds if not thousands of lines of code which had to be written on the backend which made the one line of code relevant to the demo.
Of course the impact is there but as usual the reality is far more mundane and complex. I mean if it wasn’t then ‘The Last One’ (TLO) would have made programmers redundant years ago. For those who don’t remember, TLO (circa 1982) would generate a program from a simple business spec, generating thousands of lines of GWBASIC code which would be the answer to your business problem. Of course not only was it too lofty and aspiration, but the code never worked anyway… not like our PowerPoint compiler! (http://www.altaVENTE.com)
