Is Visual Studio 2008 worth buying?
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Depends. What language do you use and what features do you see yourself using in 2008 ?
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
I currently only use it for Visual C++ but I'm thinking of learning ASP.NET or C# so I could use those too. The money isn't too much of a concern as I'm eligable for the student edition but is it significantly improved from VS 2005? Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
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I currently only use it for Visual C++ but I'm thinking of learning ASP.NET or C# so I could use those too. The money isn't too much of a concern as I'm eligable for the student edition but is it significantly improved from VS 2005? Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
C++, no. The big leap in standards conformance was 2002 and while they have done more, odds are you'd never notice. You can learn ASP.NET just as well, in 2005, but there are major new language features in 2008, so if you're going to read online articles, then odds are you'll eventually find features you don't have, if you stick to 2005.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
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C++, no. The big leap in standards conformance was 2002 and while they have done more, odds are you'd never notice. You can learn ASP.NET just as well, in 2005, but there are major new language features in 2008, so if you're going to read online articles, then odds are you'll eventually find features you don't have, if you stick to 2005.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
Ah right, thanks :) Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
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I currently use Visual Studio 2005 Pro and I am thinking of buying VS 2008 Pro - is it worth it? Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
I am really not the right guy to talk about ASP .NET, but a peer of mine, who is a full-time .NET programmer strongly recommends you to buy VS 2008 if you are looking to work on ASP .NET.
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal - Friedrich Nietzsche .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. [Microsoft MVP - Visual C++]
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I currently use Visual Studio 2005 Pro and I am thinking of buying VS 2008 Pro - is it worth it? Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
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I currently only use it for Visual C++ but I'm thinking of learning ASP.NET or C# so I could use those too. The money isn't too much of a concern as I'm eligable for the student edition but is it significantly improved from VS 2005? Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
Perspx wrote:
I'm eligable for the student edition
Are you eligible for the completely free edition? Welcome to Microsoft DreamSpark [^] If so, it's a no-brainer. If not, you could always just try C# and Visual Web Developer Express 2008 for learning C# and ASP.NET. They're more than capable.
Kevin
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I currently use Visual Studio 2005 Pro and I am thinking of buying VS 2008 Pro - is it worth it? Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
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Perspx wrote:
I'm eligable for the student edition
Are you eligible for the completely free edition? Welcome to Microsoft DreamSpark [^] If so, it's a no-brainer. If not, you could always just try C# and Visual Web Developer Express 2008 for learning C# and ASP.NET. They're more than capable.
Kevin
Thanks but unfortunately not :( Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
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I am really not the right guy to talk about ASP .NET, but a peer of mine, who is a full-time .NET programmer strongly recommends you to buy VS 2008 if you are looking to work on ASP .NET.
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal - Friedrich Nietzsche .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. [Microsoft MVP - Visual C++]
Okay thanks :) Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
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I have used them in the past but I prefer to use the full package :) Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
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If you're doing "real" work you should get VS2008. Even if you're learning, if you can afford it get VS2008 Pro. If you can't keep VS2005 installed, and use VS2008 Express editions to play with.
Eric Haskins KC9JVH
I looked at the VS2008 Pro student edition and its about £100 on Amazon, so it won't break the bank :) Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
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I looked at the VS2008 Pro student edition and its about £100 on Amazon, so it won't break the bank :) Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
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Before you buy it, see if you can get it free through Microsoft's DreamSpark[^].
There is also MSDN Academic Alliance,
Eric Haskins KC9JVH
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Before you buy it, see if you can get it free through Microsoft's DreamSpark[^].
Thanks :) but I already looked at that and unfortunately I'm not eligable to receive it through DreamSpark. Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
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I currently use Visual Studio 2005 Pro and I am thinking of buying VS 2008 Pro - is it worth it? Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
I use VC++ 6.0 and VS 2005 at work and a combination of 2005 and 2008 at home. I'm not at all impressed with VS 2008 for C++ development. The VS 2008 feature pack has some nice things, but the IDE itself seems flakier than ever (when preparing some code to send to Microsoft demonstrating a bug in 2008, it started to freeze my entire system when shutting down.) Microsoft has claimed that Visual Studio 2010 is going to be the "next 6.0". This is supposed to mean that it will have the stability and snappiness of VC++ 6.0 with tabs, intellisense, better compiler and all that of VS 2005/2008. But, Microsoft will likely produce a completely crap product and come up with some idiotic marketing spin to explain why it isn't crap.
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
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I use VC++ 6.0 and VS 2005 at work and a combination of 2005 and 2008 at home. I'm not at all impressed with VS 2008 for C++ development. The VS 2008 feature pack has some nice things, but the IDE itself seems flakier than ever (when preparing some code to send to Microsoft demonstrating a bug in 2008, it started to freeze my entire system when shutting down.) Microsoft has claimed that Visual Studio 2010 is going to be the "next 6.0". This is supposed to mean that it will have the stability and snappiness of VC++ 6.0 with tabs, intellisense, better compiler and all that of VS 2005/2008. But, Microsoft will likely produce a completely crap product and come up with some idiotic marketing spin to explain why it isn't crap.
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
Thanks for your input :)
Joe Woodbury wrote:
But, Microsoft will likely produce a completely crap product and come up with some idiotic marketing spin to explain why it isn't crap.
And that in itself isn't exactly a new concept either ;P Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript