Language used

Hi,
Can anyone help me in which language microsoft used to develop microsoft visual studio ?

See this thread: http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=627536

hi i read that links, and i am still not sure with the language, coz there is no such clear answer with that.

Short answer is: VB.NET and C#... and with 2010, WPF was used for the IDE interface.

-tg

I seriously doubt that much of the package was done in either C# or VB.Net. More likely C++, probably even the part of the IDE using WPF is C++/CLI.

I doubt that.
The feel of the IDE tells me it's .NET powered.

Well C++/CLI (a.k.a. "Managed C++") is .Net, if that's what you're getting at.

Microsoft is careful not to spook the herd. I don't think any of the official presentations mention the languages used.

Here's a pretty detailed one on the use of WPF: WPF in Visual Studio 2010. Reading the whole thing you might be surprised how much COM is in the IDE even today, mostly part of the IDE extensibility model. There's a reason for that: lots of Visual Studio "plugs in to" the IDE via COM interfaces.

This question has been asked specifically more than once in the slow chats. The response was that they used a mix oc C/C++/C#/VB/NET and WPF ... they've never hidden that fact. I've seen it mentioned by several of the MS VS Team members more than once... here, CG, PDC, TechED, MSDN Forums... That's not to say there isn't some COM in there still some where. They are using what "works" in the places where it "works" (I put quotes because I still am not completely sold on the use of WPF for the IDE... I think they would have been better served using something with greater performance).

-tg

WPF's real problem is that it just isn't fully baked yet. They sort of conceded that when they had to rework it even to make the WPF parts of the VS 2010 IDE work, probably a lot of it in the area that led to fuzzy text and poor scrolling performance in early previews.

I jsut want to be able to switch tabs w/o feeling the need to go get coffee or a Snickers bar in the mean time...

-tg

Don't get me started on loading the form designer.... *sigh*