What are the new features of Visual Studio 2005 IDE?
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2005 is so much better than 1.x.  There are a myriad of new freatures in 2.0.  You can use MasterPages for your website layouts.  There are web parts that would enable a web user to customize a webpage by being able to shift elements around on the page.  The DataGrid was replaced by GridView, which is easier to work with.  You can also use SqlDataSource to populated Data Controls.  The SqlDataSource will save you time so you don't have to write connection code.\n\n2.0 now has local database support.  You can add a database right to your APP_DATA folder, which you'll be able to build and connect to with ease.  You can only access this database from the project you are working in.  If you want to make the database live on a webhost, you have to copy the .mdf or generate script to move it.\n\nClasses now have a keyword called "Partial", which would allow you to have the same class name over many areas.  This is so, if you are working in a team environment, many co-workers can work on their own version of the same class without writing over each others' code.  At compile time, these same files will be compiled together.\n\nThere is just too many things to list on here.  If I were you, I would go to ASP.NET QuickStarts and go from there.  There is a lot of information you can learn from there.\n\nAlso, if you haven't already, download the startkits from ASP.NET.  The starterkits are useful and powerful, and not just some cheesy website example.
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it is very easy. go to package and deployment wizard which listed alongwith other options in start>>Programs>>microsoft visual studio>> and follow the instruction.
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The steps to compile are the following:\n\n1) Install a compiler Visual Studio 2003 or 2005\n2) Unzip the source that you have downloaded\n3) click on the file with .sln (the solution file) which will open your Visual Studio and organize all the files nicely, ready to compile\n4) press F5.  If the solution and the MS Project is error free, you should get a debugging version of the application running and with all the source files compiled.
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To develop, you need either\nVisual Studio 2003 and a version of Windows that supports IIS.\nor Visual Studio 2005 with Win2k or better.\n(VS 2005 has it's own built in webserver for development).\n\nI believe these versions of Windows support IIS.\nWinXP Pro (NOT WinXP home), Win2k, WinServer 2003\n\nAlso, if you're cheap, there's something called WebMatrix that's free which will let you develop ASP.net code. It has it's own development server, so you don't need IIS to develop with it.\n\nFor deployment, you or your host must have a version of Windows with IIS.
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Microsoft provides free scaled down versions of Visual Studio here...\n\nhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx
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Best text editor is notepad. I think everyone has it, and I use it all the time. Were you looking for some particular features?
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Download the free software: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/download/\nSome walk thru samples: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e6w9eycd(VS.80).aspx\n\nhttp://www.learn-programming.za.net/programming_cpp_learn01.html
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It is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), basically a text editor and compilers for various programming languages (i.e. C#, Visual Basic, C++, erc).  The IDE makes development quicker than compiling by hand (command line) by having everything together including help and all sorts of tools
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google it...\nhttp://www.newfreedownloads.com/Software-Developer/Compilers-and-IDEs/VB-Decompiler.html\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/get/Programming/Debuggers-Decompilers-Dissasemblers/VB-Decompiler.shtml\nhttp://www.decompiler-vb.net/vbreformer.asp\n\nRead carefully...and non of the are free...
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Well for an official and thorough comparison between Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic .net refer http://www.microsoft.com/learning/syllabi/en-us/2562bfinal.mspx\n\nCoz let me tell you will find wat you are looking for and which we all also won't be able to tell you.
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Yiou can start with Microsoft's own site. Its quite useful\n\nhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualcsharp/default.aspx
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Visual Studio.NET or one of the free "express" developers such as Visual C# Express.  Visual Studio costs money but the express IDE's are free.
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Try to download the free Visual C# Express 2005 from Microsoft and also check the online documentation of MSDN. \n\nThese are the excerpt from the documentation:\n\n"C# Language\nC# syntax is highly expressive, yet with less than 90 keywords, it is also simple and easy to learn. The curly-brace syntax of C# will be instantly recognizable to anyone familiar with C, C++ or Java. Developers who know any of these languages are typically able to begin working productively in C# within a very short time. C# syntax simplifies many of the complexities of C++ while providing powerful features such as nullable value types, enumerations, delegates, anonymous methods and direct memory access, which are not found in Java. C# also supports generic methods and types, which provide increased type safety and performance, and iterators, which enable implementers of collection classes to define custom iteration behaviors that are simple to use by client code.\n\nAs an object-oriented language, C# supports the concepts of encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism. All variables and methods, including the Main method, the application's entry point, are encapsulated within class definitions. A class may inherit directly from one parent class, but it may implement any number of interfaces. Methods that override virtual methods in a parent class require the override keyword as a way to avoid accidental redefinition. In C#, a struct is like a lightweight class; it is a stack-allocated type that can implement interfaces but does not support inheritance.\n\nIn addition to these basic object-oriented principles, C# facilitates the development of software components through several innovative language constructs, including:\n\nEncapsulated method signatures called delegates, which enable type-safe event notifications.\n\nProperties, which serve as accessors for private member variables. \n\nAttributes, which provide declarative metadata about types at run time. \n\nInline XML documentation comments.\n\nIf you need to interact with other Windows software such as COM objects or native Win32 DLLs, you can do this in C# through a process called "Interop." "
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The language itself is capable of more than Visual Basic 6 and the development environment is improved greatly.\n\nApplications developed with Visual Basic .NET (2005 Express) use the .NET framework, so there is still a run-time that needs to be installed on the client machines.  (Although updates for Windows XP and Windows Vista will have these.\n\nOut of the box, you can use Visual Basic .NET to create console applications, class libraries and Windows forms applications.  While there is not a project template for VB.NET Windows services, you can still create them.\n\nVB.NET can still use 3rd party dynamic link libraries (DLLs) and COM/ActiveX controls and components.  You do have to download a separate 'Express' product to use Visual Basic .NET for Web development.\n\nOf course, the best thing about Visual Basic 2005 Express is that you can download it for *free*.  I've included the link below.
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The best deal you can get on VS.net Pro is several hundred dollars.\n\nUse the Express edition. It's free. Here is the link to download VS.net 2005 Express.\n\nhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/
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U have to use Visual Source Safe (VSS), that will help u and ur friend to work in the same project and commit the changes when u want it, that's very simple to use it, for more info chk out:\n\nhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnbda/html/tdlg_rm.asp\n\nWatch a video of how to use vss at:\n\nhttp://www.learnvisualstudio.net/videos/VSS01_01_Installing_and_Setting_Up_Visual_Source_Safe.htm\n\nhope it will help u :)\n\n--\nBalakumar Muthu\nhttp://i5bala.blogspot.com
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Visual C++ is available for free as long as you download it by November of this year and register it.  It is a great IDE :-)\n\nhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/\n\nGood luck.