I saw Whidbey in action for the first time thanks to Julie Lerman's presentation at Monday's VTdotNET Users Group meeting. She did a great job, by the way. (As much kool aid as she's been drinking, no wonder, eh?)
I was very thankful to see where we go from here. I was apprehensive, but now actually anticipating loading up, mmmm, Whidbey beta 2 and running with it.
I was concerned that there would be another leap as there was from the VB6/Interdev/ASP world to .NET, but I see Whidbey as just another evolution of where we've been going with VS.NET 1.x.
I also was apprehensive because I like the way I am writing applications now. And I'll like the way I write applications after I learn the ton of stuff to want to learn, but this is an important consideration and I didn't want Whidbey to change that. It will only make things better.
Maybe I won't wait for beta 2...