VS 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 RTM
We made it, just in time for your turkey-day fun! You can go out and download VS 2008 Express (for FREE) right now and .NET Framework 3.5...
Here is just a few things I love about this release... Please add your own:
1. VS 2008 fully supports multi-targeting... meaning you can use the new tool to work on your existing web applications and VS2005 projects
2. AJAX Development is first class. The ASP.NET AJAX functionality is built into the framework and the IDE fully support JavaScript debugging and JavaScript Intellisense
3. Linq, Linq and Linq... Data access gets way easier with the LINQ support in VS 2008, C#, VB and the platform.
4. Visual design experience in VS for building WPF based applications
5. Debug into the .NET Framework source code
I'd love to see your list... what do you think is great about VS 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5??
Comments
Anonymous
November 19, 2007
We made it, just in time for your turkey-day fun! You can go out and download VS 2008 Express (for FREEAnonymous
November 19, 2007
Are we able to develop Silverlight 1.1 apps with VS 2008 Express? Or do we need a paid edition?Anonymous
November 19, 2007
just tested, VS2008 makes a lot of things a lot of easier compare to VS 2005, it's faster as well.Anonymous
November 19, 2007
Hi, Good to know that you guys are making progress so fast. Congratulations on your success. Shall let you know the experience with the new ide soon. We are looking forward for the improvements in XABP related features. Thanks, Ravi PasumarthyAnonymous
November 19, 2007
Extension methods, automatic properties, initializer syntax, lambdas, Expression<>, System.AddIn, ReaderWriterSlim...so many great things packed into this release. Woohooo!Anonymous
November 19, 2007
VS 2008 リリースについては様々なブロガーの方が紹介されていますね。 Brad Abrams ではVWD に関する投稿がされていました。 VS 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5Anonymous
November 19, 2007
>Are we able to develop Silverlight 1.1 apps with VS >2008 Express? Or do we need a paid edition? When we ship the Silverlight tools for VS, they will be an addon to the free VS Express as well as the VS Pro, and above..Anonymous
November 19, 2007
I have .NET 3.0 installed (so 2.0 as well) and all the patches/security updates for both. Now, I want to install .NET 3.5. To reduce the MSI/%windir%installer footprint/size taken on the HDD, should I uninstall .NET 3.0/2.0 and then install 3.5? Also, I noticed SP1s for 2.0 and 3.0. Does 3.5 include all the latest updated SP1 files for 2.0/3.0? Also, while uninstalling, should I uninstall .NET 2.0 and 3.0 separately or just uninstalling 3.0 will also remove 2.0? Also, .NET 3.0 was around 50 MB. In .NET 3.5 (dotnetfx35.exe), I noticed all the 64-bit versions are also included in the redistributable. Why doesn't MS keep 32-bit and 64-bit redistributables separate? Downloading 200 MB is a bit painful, and the bootstrapper/internet setup is not convenient/resumable for slow dial-up connections.Anonymous
November 19, 2007
I like the product and appreciate Microsoft shipping a powerful and free version. Still, I am disapointed by the DataPager. It is, according to the introductory video, intended to support paging in the ListView Control--which in the beta version at least, already has paging! (True, the DataPager is a bit more flexible.) Due to its speed, the Repeater is still a useful and important control, especially for those blog-like applications produced so readily using PHP, Ruby, and other ASP.Net rivals. And yet, the Repeater (and Datalist, which has been somewhat superseded by the ListView) still do not have built-in paging--which is required if they are to prove useful in working with large volumes of data. The DataPager is really not that useful--but it could have been. Still, I'm grateful for the wonderful free product.Anonymous
November 19, 2007
Will it cause any problems installing visual web dev exp 2007 and .NET 3.5 on my vista workstation with visual studio 2005? Will they work side by side ok?Anonymous
November 19, 2007
Carl, I have Visual Studio 2005 and Web Developer 2008 running side-by-side on Windows XP and everything seems to be okay. It may be different for you on Vista, though.Anonymous
November 19, 2007
In the Express version, have you opted to include unit testing support? Or is that only for real developers?Anonymous
November 20, 2007
Sadly, even "Professional" developers don't get unit testing; only the expensive Team Suite gets Unit Tests, Performance Analysis, and Reliability Analysis (FxCop). Apparently only those willing to spend $5000 need to develop fast and reliable software.Anonymous
November 20, 2007
Hi, This is really great job!, we will have a look on IDE 2008 and shere our experience with you.. very soon. Thanks, satyadevAnonymous
November 20, 2007
I just upgraded to VS2008. I was very excited about the Javascript debugging, however, I find that it is absolutely no different than what I could do in VS2005?? I still have to turn on Script debugging in my browser (a major pain since almost every site out there has javascript errors and I get the annoying popup when I browse to them about debugging). I could alway set breakpoints in VS2005 and look at variable values, change values, etc. I never needed the likes of Firebug, Web Development Helper, Fiddler, etc., as this blog states. I don't see where VS2008 has added anything to my Javascript debugging experience.Anonymous
November 20, 2007
Visual Studio 2008 is incredible. Thanks guys!Anonymous
November 20, 2007
Is it just me or is the IDE a bit slow? For me it seems slower than beta 2, especially when switching between opened filesAnonymous
November 25, 2007
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December 05, 2007
Is there an offline download? I am interested in installing into a virtual machine without internet access.Anonymous
December 19, 2007
As I mentioned last month , VS 2008 fully supports building applications for .NET Framework 2.0... ThisAnonymous
December 19, 2007
As I mentioned last month , VS 2008 fully supports building applications for .NET Framework 2.0... ThisAnonymous
December 26, 2007
With .NET Framework 3.5 and VS2008 shipping just over a month ago , I was very excited to see a numberAnonymous
December 26, 2007
With .NET Framework 3.5 and VS2008 shipping just over a month ago , I was very excited to see a numberAnonymous
January 14, 2008
@Noticiax externas - If you still need it, there's an offline version here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/0/f/60fc5854-3cb8-4892-b6db-bd4f42510f28/dotnetfx35.exe It's rather large (197mb), as it includes all versions (x86, x64, etc.).Anonymous
January 17, 2008
Please be aware of certain issues in VS 2008 It is one of the most frustating issues that has yet to be resolved. The HTML editor constantly freezes For more info see http://forums.asp.net/p/1194031/2113969.aspx#2113969Anonymous
January 18, 2008
With .NET Framework 3.5 and VS2008 shipping just over a month ago , I was very excited to see a numberAnonymous
February 13, 2008
I upgraded a project ( VB and C# ) from VS2005 to VS2008 release version. The code is so slow now it is unusable. Program startup that used to takes 5 seconds now takes over 5 minutes. Simple 'next row' operation now takes 3 minutes as opposed to < .5 seconds.Anonymous
February 13, 2008
>>>> I upgraded a project ( VB and C# ) from VS2005 to VS2008 release version. The code is so slow now it is unusable. Program startup that used to takes 5 seconds now takes over 5 minutes. Simple 'next row' operation now takes 3 minutes as opposed to < .5 seconds. Dave -- I am sorry to hear you are having a problem.. I am not sure what could be causing this... if you have a small repro you can send me please do! thanks .brad