Ignorant question maybe...

[Zamdrist]

I assume, in order to implement .Net Framework 2.0 I need Visual Studio
2005, right? I currently have Visual Studio 2003.

Thanks

 

[Ben Voigt]

I assume, in order to implement .Net Framework 2.0 I need Visual Studio
2005, right? I currently have Visual Studio 2003.

For the most part, yes, because although you could substitute the compiler,
VS2003 wouldn't understand the outputs and you'd lose most of the features.
VS2003 also doesn't understand anything new like generics, etc.

You can download VS2005 Express here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/

Or you can watch 3 webcasts here and get the Standard edition free:
http://www.learn2asp.net/

 

[Nick Hounsome]

For the most part, yes, because although you could substitute the
compiler, VS2003 wouldn't understand the outputs and you'd lose most of
the features. VS2003 also doesn't understand anything new like generics,
etc.

You can download VS2005 Express here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/

Or you can watch 3 webcasts here and get the Standard edition free:
http://www.learn2asp.net/

*Offer good in the United States and Canada only through June 30, 2006,
while supplies last.

 

[Zamdrist]

Thanks...

Well, that was a pain in ass, lol. First I had to sign up for a
passport login, then I couldn't find 'My Events'...ok, figured that
out...oops, I'm not a JSP developer...ok, got it.

Click, click, click...oh darn, now I have to update my Media Player to
version 10

Click, click, click...reboot...re-logon...

Damn, sound isn't working. Oh that's right, speakers are hooked up to
my primary computer and I'm on my secondary computer...climb under the
desk and fiddle with some wires...

Phew.

I also looked around the office, we have a stack of MSDB subscription
CDs and was hoping VS 2005 was in there...no joy. But damn, MS has a
server for everything, lol...I was half expecting to find MS Kitchen
Sink Server 2005 :-S

Anyhow, thanks Ben.

 

[Ben Voigt]

Thanks...

Well, that was a pain in ass, lol. First I had to sign up for a
passport login, then I couldn't find 'My Events'...ok, figured that
out...oops, I'm not a JSP developer...ok, got it.

Maybe I should have told you that the way the site is set up, you have to
*download* 3 webcasts to get the free stuff. Watch them (or not) at your
leisure.

 

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

If you want to use Visual Studio, the answer is yes. You can use different
editors and then use the command line compiler.

NOTE: The express products are decent, if price is the issue. The pain is
having to use different products for libraries and GUI (if ASP.NET) and not
being able to manage the full platform in one instance. This forces
discipline,however, so it will pay off in the long run. I would not go this
route for commercial development, however.

--
Gregory A. Beamer

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