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[Divil]

Post frequently asked questions about .net and migrating to it in this thread. Here are some courtesy of Bucky to get us started:

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There has been a lot of confusion lately as to what certain
systems require to develop and run .NET applications, along with
VB.NET and its differences and similarities to VB6. This thread
should help clear up some of the confusion.

• What do I need to develop .NET applications?
  -Windows NT 4 (SP 6a), 2000, or XP Professional
  -The .NET Framework SDK
  -IE 5.01 or later (download IE6 from above link)
  
• What do I need to run .NET applications?
  -Windows 98, ME, NT 4 (SP 6a), 2000, XP Home, or XP Professional
  -The .NET Framework Redistributable
  -IE 5.01 or later (download IE6 from above link)

Here are some other commonly asked questions:

• How is VB.NET different from VB6?
  MSDN has all the info on learning VB.NET and upgrading your applications:
  -Whats new in VB and VC#
  -Preparing your VB6 Apps for the upgrade to VB.NET
  -Upgrading from VB6

 

[Derek Stone]

Cant decide which version of Visual Studio .NET to purchase?

Hightail it to:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/howtobuy/choosing.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/howtobuy/choosing.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/howtobuy/upgrade.asp

 

[bpayne111]

if you are in college and they are registered goto www.journeyed.com they have VS.NET Pro for $100. Its a non upgradable academic edition but it has everything the pro does and probably a little more (except upgrades), also you cant distrubute the applications. But ive heard its ok to create a Library and distribute that for free if you wish. (im hoping so in my case)

check it out

 

[wga22]

There is a free IDE, Sharpdevelop:
http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/

Personally, I like a good text editor, UltraEdit that supports code highlighting, and allows compiler "plug-ins".

there is also eclipse at http://eclipse.org, made primarily for Java, but supports many languages.

 

[neodatatype]

There is a free IDE, Sharpdevelop:
http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/

In these days Borland has released its own IDE: C#Builder in the Personal Edition is *free*.

I like it (much more than #D) also if its debugger is not always working (i.e. I had to disable tooltip evaluating because some times it crashes the ide )

 

[wyrd]

Its always helpful to provide a link.

http://community.borland.com/csharp/0,1419,13,00.html

 

[neodatatype]

Its always helpful to provide a link.

Yeah! Youre right

Ill give this: C# Builder Download

 

[wyrd]

Ah there we are. Much better link then the one I gave.

 

[wyrd]

A great video (the .NET show) mostly about managed code, but also covers a bit on C#, managed code vs C++ and Java, and all sorts of other things. Its approx 1 hour 30 mins long.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/episode035/default.asp

 

[Diablicolic]

Originally posted by divil

• What do I need to develop .NET applications?
  -Windows NT 4 (SP 6a), 2000, or XP Professional

You dont exactly need XP Professional, you can create .NET applications with XP Home as well :-\

 

[Derek Stone]

You can, yes, however you can not create ASP.NET applications, since Windows XP Home Edition does not include IIS. I believe that is why Windows XP Professional was suggested.

 

[Bucky]

Can Visual Studio 6 coexist peacefully with Visual Studio .NET
on the same machine under the same user name?

Sure they can! Although once you use a .NET language I cant
see why you would want to go back.

 

[neodatatype]

You can, yes, however you can not create ASP.NET applications, since Windows XP Home Edition does not include IIS. I believe that is why Windows XP Professional was suggested.

Try with WebMatrix (www.asp.net) that contains a little "personal" web server for asp.net that can also be launced separately.

See you

 

[PROKA]

I find this C# To VB.NET Translator very useful

 

[Robby]

An updated link to Distributing the .NET Framework (BootStrap) http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/redistdeploy1_1.asp