Visual Studio Express Editions
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Topic: Visual Studio Express Editions
Posted By: michael
Subject: Visual Studio Express Editions
Date Posted: 07 November 2005 at 2:12pm
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I am glad that Microsoft decided to make the Visual Studio Express Editions free for one year. You just need to register and you get a key... Beats $49 for the retail box....
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx - http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx
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Posted By: davidshq
Date Posted: 07 November 2005 at 7:02pm
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Yes! And we actually get them free forever - whoever downloads them in that first year, at least that is my understanding. David. ------------- - http://www.davemackey.net/" rel="nofollow - Dave Mackey - Virtual Home. |
Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 08 November 2005 at 6:31pm
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Yeah, thus I am sure they are hoping you get hooked and eventually upgrade to VS Pro or so. ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: davidshq
Date Posted: 08 November 2005 at 10:10pm
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So far I haven't been very convinced that Visual Studio is necessary
for web development. Are you aware of any fancy features an average
programmer would use? David. ------------- - http://www.davemackey.net/" rel="nofollow - Dave Mackey - Virtual Home. |
Posted By: huwnet
Date Posted: 09 November 2005 at 12:36pm
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I certainly don't think there is anything necessary although some things do help. Although cant ASP .NET 2 be compiled in which case you would need a compiler  |
Posted By: Mart
Date Posted: 09 November 2005 at 1:32pm
| Both asp.net 1.1 can use inline code or code behind (pre-compiled), the VB, C# and J# compilers all come with the .net SDK, you don't need VS |
Posted By: davidshq
Date Posted: 09 November 2005 at 6:42pm
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So far I am not very convinced that I need the full Visual Studio
project. But one note. I had my fully developed code ready to go from
VWD Beta 2, but when I pulled it up in the final release, it went nuts
on me, giving me tons of instances of "NameofSomething" is not a member
of ASP.nameofpage_aspx. This page assisted me in discovering the answer. Appears they didn't like the name of my code-behind inherit. David. ------------- - http://www.davemackey.net/" rel="nofollow - Dave Mackey - Virtual Home. |
Posted By: Tegwin
Date Posted: 10 November 2005 at 4:52am
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I have installed VB 2005 Express and it looks pretty cool. I only
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Posted By: Meson
Date Posted: 10 November 2005 at 7:07am
Visual Web Developer (VS Express for Web Development) is a nice RDE for web applications. It has the sql explorere thing (that I don't use personally), and all the controls on the left side of the window. It has the element properties thing too. It's free, so just try it. If you don't like it you can uninstall it.
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davidshq wrote:Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 10 November 2005 at 11:24am
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I love these guys! Free stuff is good! And free stuff from MS is even better! MS stuff just works... I hate dealing with the "open source" free stuff because it just costs me time...  ------------- http://renegademinds.com/" rel="nofollow - Renegade Minds - Guitar Software http://renegademinds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65" rel="nofollow - Slow Down Music |
Posted By: dfrancis
Date Posted: 10 November 2005 at 12:03pm
I share your opinion froggy. I don't get to say it often enough because the open source guys tend to be a little militant, but I think MS Rocks!!
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Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 10 November 2005 at 2:05pm
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To be honest I have not really looked at the express editions, thus I am working on a intranet site where I use the Reportviewer Control a lot, which does not come with the Express Editions. Plus, I am not sure if you have Source Control Integration with Expresses' ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 10 November 2005 at 3:41pm
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Anyone convert a 1.1 to 2.0 Final? I've got a couple of 1.1 sites that converted well to the 2.0 beta's but been hearing a lot about problems going from 2.0 beta to 2.0 final. Wondering if I might just be better off to convert from 1.1 again. ------------- 
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Posted By: davidshq
Date Posted: 10 November 2005 at 9:38pm
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:-? I'm still having bad luck converting 2.0 Beta to Final. I agree
that this MS software is great, but there is also some excellent open
source software out there, e.g.: 1. OpenOffice 2.0 - Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Database, Drawing. 2. FileZilla - FTP client/server. 3. WinDirStat - Drive mapper. 4. Mozilla Firefox & Thunderbird - Browser/Email client. David. ------------- - http://www.davemackey.net/" rel="nofollow - Dave Mackey - Virtual Home. |