Visual Web Developer 2010 ((exclusive)) -

The 2010 release also saw the maturation of ASP.NET MVC 2. While Web Forms remained popular for their rapid application development (RAD) capabilities, MVC 2 offered a cleaner separation of concerns and better testability. Visual Web Developer 2010 supported both workflows, giving developers the flexibility to choose the right architecture for their specific project needs.

Another major milestone in this version was the deep integration of JQuery. Visual Web Developer 2010 was the first version to include JQuery scripts in new project templates by default. It also provided IntelliSense for JavaScript, which drastically reduced syntax errors and sped up the development of interactive UI elements. This move signaled Microsoft’s acknowledgement that the web was moving toward a more client-side, interactive model. visual web developer 2010