Is it worth to change to Visual Studio 2005?

[morulis]

 

[DaveSimmons]

> Is it worth to change to Visual Studio 2005?
> -empty post-

Sure, why not? It's full of 2005-ness!

 

[professor1942]

I like it better than 2003. And it's free (Express versions).

 

[beggerking]

depends on what you do..

2005 = .net2.0
2003 = .net1.1

 

[SelArom]

.net 2.0 is just stupendously amazing. If you do any kind of web dev, the answer is a resounding YES. if you do any kind of vb, c# or general .net programming, the answer is an absolute MUST.

if all you do is c++, then don't bother, unless you want to tap into the framework in which case you should be using the new languages anyway.

my point is, VS 2005 KICKS ASS

-SelArom

 

[Gunslinger08]

VS 2005 is the way to go. That said, they did make some stupid changes in the environment that I don't like. Overall, you'll be happy with the upgrade to 2.0.

 

[morulis]

Originally posted by: SelArom
.net 2.0 is just stupendously amazing. If you do any kind of web dev, the answer is a resounding YES. if you do any kind of vb, c# or general .net programming, the answer is an absolute MUST.

if all you do is c++, then don't bother, unless you want to tap into the framework in which case you should be using the new languages anyway.

my point is, VS 2005 KICKS ASS

-SelArom

Mainly I use MFC.

 

[Markbnj]

The one downside to VS2005 is that it will only build .Net 1.1 code if you hack the build scripts. There are some sites out there that detail how to do this, but you need to be using MS Build for it to work.

The environment is great, and I use it for all the farking around I do on my own stuff at the house. But my website and everything we have running at work is .Net 1.1, so I have VS2003 installed alongside. They cohabitate just fine.

 

[torpid]

If your code is in 2003 right now, you will be shocked at how much work is involved in getting it to work in 2005. There are so many stupid little changes and the project conversion tool that ships with 2005 is not great. I hear they released an improved version, though.

If you are coming from anything else, VS 2005 is the bomb.

 

[Stuxnet]

I agree with everyone else... 2005 is sweet. We are SO much more productive with VS2005 than we were with VS2003.

.NET 2.0 is superior to 1.1, as well.

 

[SurgicalShark]

I like 2005, having said that I moved from 6 to 2005 without using 2003. Also, I am using it only for VB and VC++...there is no web development stuff.

 

[ActuaryTm]

As .NET is being discussed, thought I would pass along mention of the ASP.NET Atlas Toolkit.

 

[tfinch2]

I like VS 2005, but I wish the MSDN docs were better though.