Confused: vs2k5, 3.0 framework, wcf/wpf and orcas

[Guest]

Now that vista and the 3.0 framework are gold, I'm a bit confused, so any
clarification would be very helpful.

The 3.0 framework is gold and is downloadable etc. What is not 'gold' and
'supported' is the WCF/WPF addons to vs2k5. But here's where I get confused.

If I have vs2k5 source code. which contains 3.0 'code', on a pc which does
not have the WCF/WPF addons. It compiles, runs, has intellisense etc. etc.
etc.

So what exactly does the WCF/WPF addons do for me? And is anything I do
supported in this manner?

Thanks!

Steve

 

[Norman Yuan]

WCF and WPF are part of .NET3.0. The add-on you are talking about is add-on
to VS2005, so that you can develop WCF/WPF applications with VS2005. Users
of you app only need to have .NET3.0 installed to run your WCF/WPF app.

"ORCAS" is the next version of VS that fully capable of WCF/WPF and more
development.

 

[Guest]

But... .without the addins, I can compile/build wcf solutions? So what do
the addins bring to the table?

 

[VikasGoyal]

They bring the skeleton code which gets generated when you create a new
project in VS for wcf.

http://DotNetWithMe.blogspot.com
vikas goyal

 

[Michael Nemtsev]

Hello SteveW,

S> Now that vista and the 3.0 framework are gold, I'm a bit confused, so
S> any clarification would be very helpful.
S>
S> The 3.0 framework is gold and is downloadable etc. What is not
S> 'gold' and 'supported' is the WCF/WPF addons to vs2k5. But here's
S> where I get confused.

Only extention is not released, because they are working on the editors,
intellisence and other IDE stuff to give u really good tool to design and
create your app

S> If I have vs2k5 source code. which contains 3.0 'code', on a pc which
S> does not have the WCF/WPF addons. It compiles, runs, has intellisense
S> etc. etc. etc.

it doesnt matter, the most important is that WCF/WPF already released

S> So what exactly does the WCF/WPF addons do for me? And is anything I
S> do supported in this manner?

Addon means IDE support, which a little bit weak just right now. But from
the framework perspective everything is ok

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