10 things you should know about Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0

Here are 10 important points to ponder regarding the new Visual Studio .NET 2005 and the .NET 2.0 development platform.

The November 7, 2005 release of Visual Studio 2005 arguably marks Microsoft's most serious attempt to leverage the .NET Framework as a vital part of application development. And in many ways, the latest version of the venerable IDE accomplishes what it sets out to do. This download lists 10 things you should know about Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET 2.0 development platform. Perhaps the most important overall idea to keep in mind is the depth of integration between Visual Studio, the .NET Framework, and ASP.NET 2.0. The leveraging of these products into a more-or-less seamless whole is the fundamental goal of Microsoft's latest round of development environment.Are you currently using a version of Visual Studio? Are you planning to upgrade to Visual Studio 2005?

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