How is the new visual studio .NET? Better for non networked apps?

[BD2003]

How does the new VS.NET compare to the old one? Is it significantly upgraded from 6.0 in places other than the .NET stuff?

Whats the deal with C# btw?

 

[Descartes]

These are incredibly vague questions. There's simply too much to try and answer questions like, "What is .NET?" in a single post. Try starting here.

 

[ragiepew]

exactly what I was going to say... it'd be too long of a post to try to explain how .NET applies to application development as well as go into what .NET really is. Go over to MS and read about it... Or visit your local Barnes & Nobel and pick up a good book. Not trying to skate around the issue but all the info is already there.

I will say this however, its pretty damn cool IMHO.

 

[Rallispec]

im hoping to take a .net class this fall. it does seem pretty cool compared to 6

 

[BD2003]

Well, I'm not so much concerned with new language features, more concerned with usability features.

Would a VB 6 programmer have much trouble switching over to VB.net? Would it be a worthy upgrade, like from Office 97 to Office XP?

Or is it a totally new beast altogether?

 

[StageLeft]

I'ts quite different and a lot more powerful. That said you can go from VB6 to VB.net and although a lot has changed you'll feel somewhat at home. Unfortunately a lot of syntax is different and how .net does things, but with a book on it you'll be able to ramp up decently.

 

[BD2003]

Would it be worth my time?

 

[Spamela]

i use the "Enterprise" version. about the best i can say is it's ok - features are enhanced, but with new bugs introduced.

i don't use VB or C#, & don't do .NET.

v6 will work perfectly well for other things.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: BD2003
How does the new VS.NET compare to the old one? Is it significantly upgraded from 6.0 in places other than the .NET stuff?

Whats the deal with C# btw?

yeah whats the deal with c#!?

 

[ragiepew]

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: BD2003
How does the new VS.NET compare to the old one? Is it significantly upgraded from 6.0 in places other than the .NET stuff?

Whats the deal with C# btw?

yeah whats the deal with c#!?

Well since MS had so much trouble w/ Sun over J++ they decided to develop their own c-syntax java-like language... c#. The cool thing about c# is that if you know the .NET specifics that apply to VB.NET (assemblies, objects, etc) you can use the exact same ones w/ C#... in fact, since .NET revolves around a common compiler (CLR) then any .NET language can use the same assemblies and stuff... no more language specific things (aside from syntax) when it comes to .NET languages. '

Anyway, sure its going to have quirks... but to me it seems like a big step up from previous MS development technologies.

Also, comparing a VStudio 6 -> VStudio.NET upgrade to Office 2K -> Office XP is not a very usefull comparison as the products differ so greatly and thus cannot be compared.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: ragiepew

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: BD2003
How does the new VS.NET compare to the old one? Is it significantly upgraded from 6.0 in places other than the .NET stuff?

Whats the deal with C# btw?

yeah whats the deal with c#!?

Well since MS had so much trouble w/ Sun over J++ they decided to develop their own c-syntax java-like language... c#. The cool thing about c# is that if you know the .NET specifics that apply to VB.NET (assemblies, objects, etc) you can use the exact same ones w/ C#... in fact, since .NET revolves around a common compiler (CLR) then any .NET language can use the same assemblies and stuff... no more language specific things (aside from syntax) when it comes to .NET languages. '

Anyway, sure its going to have quirks... but to me it seems like a big step up from previous MS development technologies.

Also, comparing a VStudio 6 -> VStudio.NET upgrade to Office 2K -> Office XP is not a very usefull comparison as the products differ so greatly and thus cannot be compared.

wow, its sounds pretty kick ass! i think i'll download the sdk and get crackin!

 

[gopunk]

experimenting with c# is hella tight

 

[joohang]

C# 0wnz j00.