NET 2008

[thejamie]

Can NET 2008 run side by side with NET 2005?

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Can NET 2008 run side by side with NET 2005?

Yes, Visual Studio 2008 can run side-by-side with Visual Studio 2005.
(There's no such thing as "NET 2008" or "NET 2005".)

Jon

 

[Kevin Spencer]

However, there really is usually no reason to run both side-by-side, as VS
2008 can work with .Net 2.0 applications without any issues. The only reason
I can see for having and maintaining a side-by-side installation is if you
are working with XNA, which requires Visual C# Express (2005). I am one of
those in that boat, and I haven't uninstalled VS 2005 (full version) because
I'm afraid of what it might change in the Express version. However, for any
projects other than XNA, I am happily using VS 2008.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Chicken Salad Surgeon
Microsoft MVP

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

However, there really is usually no reason to run both side-by-side, as VS
2008 can work with .Net 2.0 applications without any issues. The only reason
I can see for having and maintaining a side-by-side installation is if you
are working with XNA, which requires Visual C# Express (2005). I am one of
those in that boat, and I haven't uninstalled VS 2005 (full version) because
I'm afraid of what it might change in the Express version. However, for any
projects other than XNA, I am happily using VS 2008.

There's one very good reason to have both installed: working with
other people who, for whatever reason, don't want to install VS2005.
Yes, it's possible to work with dual solution files etc, but it's
still useful to be able to open *their* solution file, without any
conversion, and work that way.

In a year's time, I expect things will be very different: I would hope
that by then most dev shops will have moved over to VS2008 entirely.
For the moment though, we can't realistically expect a "big bang"
approach.

Jon

 

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

I am doing it as I type this. And, I have both running at the same time.

The only reason I still have VS2005 installed still is for a single site. I
currently have it open in VS 2008, so the VS 2005 days are numbered.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP, MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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