Norton 360 v6--only £24.99 when you spend £30 or more
Spend £30 or more at Amazon.co.uk and you can get Norton 360 v6 - 1 User 3 PCs for just £24.99 when you enter the promo code 'NORTONV6' at checkout. Here's how (terms and conditions apply).
System Requirements
- Platform: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / XP Professional
- Media: CD-ROM
- Item Quantity: 1
Product Features
- Develop XML Web services and solutions
- Functional and load testing of XML Web services
- Complete visual database tools
- Support for database modeling
- NOTE: This is an upgrade for a previous version
- Find out more--visit our .NET Shop
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Visual Studio .net is a superb next-generation development tool. At its heart is the .Net Framework, a runtime engine and class library that enables rapid application building for both Windows and Web applications. The runtime engine handles housekeeping like memory management, while also providing fine-grained security and version awareness. The class library reduces the code needed to build rich applications. Visual Studio also provides a slick visual environment, with features like tabbed and docking windows, dynamic online help, and automatic code completion and hints. The common runtime is language-neutral, so for example Visual Basic programmers can use components written in C#, and vice versa. Other languages such as COBOL and Fortran can plug into Visual Studio, and Microsoft provides a version of the Java language called J#. These two languages along with J# have full support for the visual design tools. Also included is JScript .Net, Microsoft's version of Javascript, although this has no form designer. Visual C++ is more similar to earlier versions, and is the only compiler here that can build old-style Windows executables. With a compiler switch, it can also target .Net, making it particularly flexible.
The Enterprise Architect edition has source code management with Visual SourceSafe, performance testing and analysis tools. It also includes developer versions of many of Microsoft's server products, including SQL Server, Commerce Server, Exchange Server, and the Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system. These are licensed for development only, but even so it is a rich range of products. Finally, there is the ability to use Enterprise Templates. New in Visual Studio .net, these are sophisticated skeleton projects that assist organisations in maintaining consistent best practices, and this edition, Enterprise Architect, can create them from scratch. Another benefit of Enterprise Architect is the inclusion of Visio, an advanced drawing package that has the ability to model databases or indeed complete applications. This includes code generation, and reasonable support for UML, which is the de-facto industry standard. Finally, Enterprise Architects get BizTalk server, which is able to manage business processes and integrate applications between trading partners.
Overall, this is a radical break from the past for Microsoft. C# is an entirely new language, aimed at C and C++ programmers looking for something safer and more productive. Visual Basic .Net is a new twist on the old Microsoft favourite, losing compatibility with previous versions, but gaining full object orientation as well as access to all the.Net libraries.
There are a few points against Visual Studio .Net. One is that, like earlier versions, it only creates applications that run on Windows. Web applications are a partial exception, in that they support cross-platform clients, but deployment requires a Windows web server. Another factor is with its multiple compilers and mountains of documentation, Visual Studio .net eat up gigabytes of disk space, and the IDE tends to be slow in less than around 384 megabytes of RAM. Serious developers will take this in their stride, but casual users could be caught out. Fortunately the applications created have more modest system requirements, although Windows 95 is not supported. Finally, developers coming from previous editions face a lot of new learning, with radical changes in both Visual Basic and ASP. --Tim Anderson
Manufacturer's Description
Visual Studio .NET provides developers with the most productive tool for building next-generation applications for Microsoft Windows and the Web. Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect (VSEA) builds on the power of Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Developer by including additional capabilities for designing, specifying, and communicating application architecture and functionality.Clearly define application functionality and architecture for XML Web services and applications. Take advantage of application modeling based on Unified Modeling Language (UML), which ensures that architecture and functionality are clearly documented and communicated prior to coding. Use enterprise templates to create development guidelines and policies, share the knowledge of senior developers and architects with less experienced team members, and create reusable application frameworks for projects.
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This is microsoft's current best of the best software development suite. Any professional would be foolish to be without it. Advice is to be sure that you get the correct version though. The enterprise version is microsofts best, but prices range dramatically for this software - amazon apears to be the best price by a long way.
So what do you get. The latest and greatest visual basic, visual C++, visual C# and visual J# together with more tools and libraries than you can shake a stick at. You'd be a fool to buy an out of date version, and this really is a good product and well worth the cost on amazon.
Also contains huge range of servers etc etc. If you're serious about windose programming then you need this. Still it can be expensive and you might prefer the 'free' tools available for linux or possibly java (also 'free') available for windows if you are on a tight budget.
Excellent software. If you're serious - you need it!
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