ASP.Net 3.0?

[Rob]

Hi all,

Wonder if someone can help me out.

I not so long ago upgraded from Visual Studio 2003 to Visual Studio
2005 - at the time it was a progression from .Net 1.1 to .Net 2.0.

So, I'm running Microsoft Update the other day to notice .Net 3.0 -
cant say I've really heard much about it - seems it was timed to
coincide with the release of Vista.

So, I've now downloaded and installed it, but when I open Visual
Studio 2005 I'm noticing no changes, not that I was perhaps expecting
many, but I was expecting perhaps some way of deciding whether to
use .Net 2.0 or .Net 3.0 for the applications I build.

Maybe I've mised something...

Having checked my directories in Windows / Microsoft.net / Framework -
there is indeed a v3.0 directory...

If anyone can shed any light on this for me I would be very grateful.

Regards

Rob

 

[Laurent Bugnion [MVP]]

Hi,

Hi all,

Wonder if someone can help me out.

I not so long ago upgraded from Visual Studio 2003 to Visual Studio
2005 - at the time it was a progression from .Net 1.1 to .Net 2.0.

So, I'm running Microsoft Update the other day to notice .Net 3.0 -
cant say I've really heard much about it - seems it was timed to
coincide with the release of Vista.

So, I've now downloaded and installed it, but when I open Visual
Studio 2005 I'm noticing no changes, not that I was perhaps expecting
many, but I was expecting perhaps some way of deciding whether to
use .Net 2.0 or .Net 3.0 for the applications I build.

Maybe I've mised something...

Having checked my directories in Windows / Microsoft.net / Framework -
there is indeed a v3.0 directory...

If anyone can shed any light on this for me I would be very grateful.

Regards

Rob

There is no ASP.NET 3.0. .NET 3.0 is an addition to .NET 2.0, they added
new classes. The framework 2.0 remains unchanged. You can continue
developing like you used to.

It's just a bad name, really.

Check
http://www.netfx3.com/

HTH,
Laurent

 

[Guest]

..net 3.0 = .net 2.0 + communication foundation (wcf) + presentation
foundation (wpf) + workflow foundation (wwf) + cardspace

Unlike previous versions, .net 3.0 is dependent on .net 2.0, because 3.0 is
just an extra set of api's that extend the feature set of the existing 2.0
framework. While it's true that there is no asp.net 3.0, wpf would be the
closest thing to it.
You can code against these api's in VS 2005 by installing the appropriate VS
extensions. These extensions are not all complete, but they will all be
integrated in the next version of VS ("orcas") due out in the second half of
this year.

 

[Rob]

Hi guys,

Thanks for the replies and info...

So, just to clarify then, my installation of Visual Studio 2005
remains pretty much as was and uses the .net 2.0 framework - do I need
to install these additional extensions myself in order to use any new
bits in 3.0? If so I'll probably stay as I am then - if not, ie, when
I installed .net 3.0 it installed them into Visual Studio - I guess
just uninstalling .Net 3.0 would remove them again?

Regards

Rob

 

[Mark Rae]

do I need to install these additional extensions

..NET 3.0 has (almost) no benefit whatever for ASP.NET

 

[Guest]

Having .net 3.0 installed gives you the runtime for WWF, WPF, WCF, etc... So
it doesn't hurt to have the runtime installed.
In order to develop with these technologies, you first need to install the
"Windows SDK for .net 3.0"
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...00-F358-4523-B479-F53D234CDCCF&displaylang=en).
After the windows sdk is installed, you need the appropriate extensions. for
Visual Studio (2005 only) The extensions for WWF are complete,
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...9E-1FA3-48CF-8023-E8F38E709BA6&displaylang=en)
.. The extensions for WCF and WPF (installed together) are currently available
as a CTP
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...37-CC86-4BF5-AE44-F5A1E805680D&displaylang=en).
I could be wrong on this, but I believe the VS extensions will also install
the Windows SDK for 3.0 if it's not already installed.

If you have the time to get up to speed with any of the new features in 3.0,
I'm sure you will find it worth your time. But also, since it extends 2.0, I
think it's best to make sure you feel good with 2.0 first. In the meantime,
read up on the general features of each of the new technologies. If the need
comes up to use the workflow api's, (for example) then at least you are
already familiar with what it can do for you, rather than trying to reinvent
an existing feature set instead quickly leveraging the api with a little bit
of on the job learning

 

[Rob]

Having .net 3.0 installed gives you the runtime for WWF, WPF, WCF, etc... So
it doesn't hurt to have the runtime installed.

[snip]

hey,

Thanks for the further info - appreciated, I'll do as you suggested
with regards to reading up on the new technologies...probably be a
while until we use anything like that here, we still count on an
abacus, project diagrams are drawn on the wall with dye's taken from
plants etc....

)

Rob