Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2005 [OLD VERSION]
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Software Reviews of Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2005 [OLD VERSION]
Customer Review: Great improvement on VS 2003
Summary: 5 Stars
I just installed VS 2005 and found some the changes to be dramatic. Especially when writing ASP.Net programs. Gone is the grid layout (yahoo!) and the IDE does not change my hand coded HTML (finally). The addition of "master pages" has been talked about by many as a huge step, but it pales in comparison to "code snippets", "web parts", and other refinements and additions when using 2.0 .Net framework.
Upgrading several existing projects was easy and went smoothly. The process offered to make a backup of the project or website and then proceeded with the conversion.
As a small one man development team I am very pleased with the upgrade. I use SQL server (upgraded to 2005) and found the professional edition very handy because I could modify existing data through the IDE (a feature not included in the standard edition). This was critical because currently MS Access 2003 is unable to create databases or make changes to existing databases.
Customer Review: Best development environment out there... but you can try before buying
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm surprised to see any tepid reviews of VS 2005. VS.NET quickly became my favorite when it was introduced in 2002. With this release it continues to improve on the most enjoyable development environment out there. The 2005 edition has added C# generics, C# edit and continue, better intellisense, ClickOnce deployment, SQL Server Express support, and a bunch more.
If you're new to VS.NET, you should check out the Express Edition for the language you're interested in (C#, Visual Basic, C++). The Express Editions will probably suit most of your needs for a trial and are available for free from Microsoft's site. You can install more than one if you need multiple languages.
The benefit of getting the Standard or Pro edition is that you get additional functionality like remote debugging, remote datasource capabilities, a single IDE for all languages (making it easier to do mixed managed/unmanaged code), 64-bit compilation and more. The differences should also be reviewed on the Microsoft site before you buy.
Bottom line, check it out before buying using the Express Editions. If you're an experienced programmer my guess is you'll probably like what you see.
Customer Review: Not too happy with amazon and their support of this item
Summary: 3 Stars
I wish I had the opportunity to evaluate the actual product.
The COA for Visual Studio is nowhere to be found.
I received the item with 2 COA's for SQL server developer edition by mistake.
Amazon's reply? Call the following 800 number and deal with Microsoft. BTW I was given the wrong number to call too.
Ohhhh nice... So... hour or so later, Microsoft could not get me a COA to use.
Utter waste of time.
I suggest purchasing elsewhere. If you have problems it is doubtful Amazon will do anything to rectify them sending you bad product.
Customer Review: Big Improvement!
Summary: 5 Stars
I did not get on the .NET bandwagon immediately because quite frankly I found VB.NET quite difficult at first to comprehend. And what took me a rather short time to do a project seemed to take me longer because the learning curve didn't sink in immediately. (I am a slow learner).
However, I am very excited about this 2005 edition because they have made some significant improvements with the platform and have made many VB6 programmers quite happy.
The first .NET that came out and the 2003 did not seem to catch on with many VB6 programmers. I think now things will start to change and many will start to think the transition is well worth it. I am one of these people. Microsoft has made a very good effort to make their loyal VB6 programmers happy with this new platform.