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- Platform: Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 Server
- Media: CD-ROM
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Visual C#.NET Standard 2003 combines Microsoft's newest programming language with the visual tools and wizards of Visual Studio.NET. The language itself is fully object-oriented and loosely based on C, which is how it got its name. Programmers with experience in C, C++ or Java generally find C# easy to pick up. However, C# is easier for novices to learn than C or C++, being designed from the start for high productivity. There's also excellent support for important features like multi-threading and parsing or generating XML. Visual C#.NET Standard 2003 creates applications that run on the .NET Framework. This brings a number of advantages, such as automatic memory management and access to the rich .NET class library. The downside is that the free Framework runtime must be installed for the application to run. Visual C# applications do not run on Windows 95.
Visual C#.NET Standard 2003 features a number of different project types. ASP.NET applications run on Web servers and enable developers to create dynamic Web pages, including live database access, almost as easily as traditional desktop applications. Another highlight is Web services, which enable applications to communicate with one another across the Internet, using XML to bridge different platforms such as .NET and Java. There is also a Windows form designer for standard applications, including drag-and-drop components in the style made popular by Visual Basic. The programming environment is slick, with convenient features like docking and tabbed windows, project wizards, auto-completion and pop-up help in the code editor.
This is the Standard edition, which is intended to be introductory. Professional developers should consider Visual Studio.NET Professional Edition 2003, which includes a more advanced version of Visual C# as well as other languages. The full Visual Studio.NET Pro 2003 is needed for features like compiling code into libraries, accessing source code control, or targeting the Compact Framework for mobile devices like Pocket PC. Even so, this Standard edition is a capable package that includes all you need to build applications for both Windows and the Web. --Tim Anderson
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Visual C# builds on a strong C++ heritage. Immediately familiar to C++ and Java developers, C# is a modern and intuitive object-oriented programming language that offers significant improvements, including a unified type system, unsafe code for maximum developer control, and powerful new language constructs easily understood by most developers. Developers can take advantage of an innovative component-oriented language with inherent support for properties, indexers, delegates, versioning, operator overload...
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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful
This is a good language for people wishing to get into .NET development (either for desktop applications or the Internet). The development interface is the same as for other Visual Studio languages and is very intuitive. The entire MSDN developer reference library is supplied on 3 CDs and takes up a mere 1.7 GB of hard disk space (!!).
One important thing to note with this, and other .NET languages, is that you cannot develop Internet applications unless you have a version of Windows that includes IIS. So users of Windows XP Home Edition will need to upgrade to Professional to write Web programs.
Even better is the literature that comes in the box. You are provided with a number of poster size documents that detail C# classes provided by Microsoft along with all methods etc. There are also similar posters explaining .NET principles and architecture. Finally there is a small book that gives you an introduction to the language.
Buy this product (along with some of the excellent learning guides by SAMS) and you'll be well on the way to writing .NET programs.
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154 of 159 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dang Wicked Awesome
27 Aug 2003
By "schaveyt"
- Published on Amazon.com
First of all...I'm not a Microsoft employee nor do I own any of their stock. So, with that said, this is The Best Damn Development Tool, Period! With the purchase of this single piece of software, anyone (and I mean anyone) can learn how to build, test, and deploy (i.e. deliver) professional-grade windows applications.
If you are a C++/MFC developer and thinking of migrating to the the .NET platform. Number 1 - DO IT; Number 2 - USE C#; Number 3 - BUY THE STANDARD VERSION. I, too, was a C++/MFC developer for 5 years. Then, as luck would have it, a project came up where we could flirt with C#, and in literally half the time, we had a more advanced prototype than our C++/MFC prototype. The big hitters were intuitiveness of the language, speed of the compiles, auto-documenation generation (check-out NDoc software), and profession delivery via .msi files.
The professional version is totally over kill for what most businesses need and has more features than you'll ever use. Don't waste you money playing the I-might-use-that-feature-somtime-in-the-future game. The standard edition allows for the complete development of any size software. The 2003 version has fixed a number of quirks found in the last version (which was amazingly stable for a 1.0). One thing to remember if migrating form VC#.NET 2002 to 2003 is that any project build under 2002 must be converted to 2003 and those changes can't be undone. This really isn't an issue for mose people, including myself.
34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
careful
20 Jun 2004
By C. Champion
- Published on Amazon.com
There is a typo in the feature list on this page...
It mentions that this product supports development of Compact.NET applications for mobile phones and pocketpc's however this is incorrect. The standard edition does not support pocketpc development, only the professional edition that comes in visual studio supports it. I bought the product partially because i thought i could make programs for my ppc. :/ Other than lack of PPC support in this standard edition, visual C# standard seems like a decent program for web development or quickly making windows apps.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for everyday Windows programming
31 Jan 2006
By Gadgester
- Published on Amazon.com
We use this suite to build front-end Windows applications for exotic equity pricing models and we bought it because 1) we didn't need all the fancy, advanced libraries the more expensive packages include and 2) this is cheap. The package is easy to install and the environment easy to navigate. We are very happy with it and will buy the upgraded version to keep up with the latest .NET feature.
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