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Old 02-13-2003, 04:35 PM
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Default Microsoft Readies Visual Studio .Net 2003

http://news.com.com/2100-1001-98412....html?tag=cd_mh

"In April, Microsoft plans to release Visual Studio.Net 2003, which is updated to exploit the built-in Web services capabilities in Microsoft's Windows Server 2003. The company this week released the second and final testing version of Visual Studio.Net 2003, which is code-named Everett."

Among the things the article does not mention is the fact that the .Net Compact Framework should finally be released along with VS .Net 2003. One remarkable statistic in the article, however, concerns the rapid adoption of .Net as a development environment:

"A survey of professional developers found that one-third of systems integrators and value-added resellers expect that more than half of their applications will be written for .Net by next year. The number of developers who say that more than half of their company's applications will be written for .Net is expected to climb from 12 percent now to 25 percent a year from now, according to Evans Data."
 
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Old 02-13-2003, 04:53 PM
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Good grief man, slow down on the postings before you suffer executive burn out

Anyway, just think how redundant the other guys must be feeling when they see you running the show on your own :wink:
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Old 02-13-2003, 05:36 PM
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Good grief man, slow down on the postings before you suffer executive burn out

Anyway, just think how redundant the other guys must be feeling when they see you running the show on your own :wink:
I think Janak is undertaking a coup while everyone is gone. :lol:
 
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Old 02-13-2003, 05:53 PM
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Great to hear things are on track. Can't wait for April.
 
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Old 02-13-2003, 07:34 PM
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Default Re: Microsoft Readies Visual Studio .Net 2003

[quote="Janak Parekh"]"

Among the things the article does not mention is the fact that the .Net Compact Framework should finally be released along with VS .Net 2003. One remarkable statistic in the article, however, concerns the rapid adoption of .Net as a development environment:
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The final Beta of VS.Net 2003 already has the RTM version of the CF in it, its all done. You can even sell software, running on the CF with Microsofts GoLive licence right now. :wink:
 
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Old 02-13-2003, 07:37 PM
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I think Janak is undertaking a coup while everyone is gone. :lol:


LOL! :lol: That was EXACTLY what I was thinking. So Janak have you changed all the password and admin accounts to lock out Jason and co? 8O
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Old 02-13-2003, 08:08 PM
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Great to hear things are on track. Can't wait for April.
Well hopefully that date does come true... But M$ has been known in the past to have a bit of slide here and there when it comes to their dates.
 
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Old 02-13-2003, 10:26 PM
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Will VS.Net 2003 offer any benefit to Pocket PC software developers? If so, what?
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Old 02-13-2003, 10:34 PM
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Will VS.Net 2003 offer any benefit to Pocket PC software developers? If so, what?
It offers the ability to write software that will work on PocketPC, SmartPhones AND desktop PCs with no code changes.

This is something that Java CANNOT offer.

Furthermore, it offers very RAPID development using a standardized framework.

The key will be whether the Compact Framework will run under X-Scale. If so, it should be a huge hit. If it's limited to vanilla StrongArm (unable to take advantage of 400Mhz processors) I think adoption will be slow.

As .NET Compact Framework was intended to work on MANY different processors (including MIPS) I suspect that Compact Framework WILL be X-Scale optimized.
 
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Old 02-13-2003, 11:14 PM
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It offers the ability to write software that will work on PocketPC, SmartPhones AND desktop PCs with no code changes.
I've been using the Final Beta of VS.NET 2003, and there are code changes you have to pay attention to. Not all .NET Framework classes are available under .NET Compact Framework (hence "compact"). The big one missing for me is DataGrid.

But it is a WORLD apart from eMbedded Visual Basic. I shudder when I think of the amount of time I spent with the game I wrote with that simply trying to debug....

I really like developing with it. The Beta has been very solid for me, and I've worked on a variety of test programs with it. It's release will be a pleasure for the developers, with the exception of now you have to pay for the tool.
 
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