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Microsoft Visual C# .NET Standard
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Microsoft
EAN: 0659556877330
Label: Microsoft Software
Manufacturer: Microsoft Software
MPN: G78-00008
Platform: Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Publisher: Microsoft Software
Release Date: February 13, 2002
Studio: Microsoft Software
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Editorial Review:
Visual C# is a new language for a new platform. It targets Microsoft's .NET Framework, which consists of a runtime engine along with an extensive class library. This enables security, version checking, and automatic memory management, including garbage collection.
The compiler generates binaries in MSIL (Microsoft intermediate language). This is then further compiled to a native Windows executable at run time, or you can precompile for faster loading. The various .NET languages, including Visual Basic .NET and the Java-like J#, have similar capabilities, but most of the .NET Framework itself was coded in Visual C#. The language was designed to look familiar to C and C++ developers, for whom it makes an easy and natural transition.
The Visual C# .NET package is a complete application development tool. It includes two form designers, Windows Forms and Web Forms (which essentially creates Active Server Pages in their .NET guise, or ASP.NET). Windows Forms applications are for rich clients, generally running on the desktop but with support for devices such as Pocket PCs through add-on smart device extensions.
A great feature is that programming Web Forms is similar to Windows programming. By default all the code runs on the server, so although a Windows server is required, applications can work with any browser on any platform. A technique called "code behind" lets you keep code separate from HTML design, making Web pages easier and safer to maintain.
Visual C# .NET has an excellent IDE, although you need to double the minimum system requirements for good performance. The main work area is tabbed so that integrated online help appears alongside the code and the visual design surface. Tool windows can be docked, floated, or hidden. Automatic code completion and dynamic help speed coding, while ToolTips reveal the type of any variable.
There are a range of wizards, covering new projects, classes, components, visual controls, Web controls, Windows services, resource files, and more. For deployment, there is a setup wizard and a setup project type. Database access is through ADO.NET, which uses a disconnected model ideal for laptops and other mobile devices. ADO.NET works best with its own native drivers, but can also use ODBC drivers for wide compatibility.
XML support is another strong feature. The .NET Framework includes class libraries for parsing and transforming XML, with support for W3C-approved XML Schema. XML also enables the use of typed data sets in ADO.NET, simplifying database programming. XML Web services are built-in, making Visual C# .NET a good choice for both creating and consuming these services. The IDE includes an XML designer, with visual tools for developing and editing XML Schema documents.
As a product, Visual C# .NET offers a subset of Visual Studio .NET. If you want to use more than one language, then Visual Studio makes better sense. Having said that, the package does include the compiler and limited IDE support for C++, and the bundled .NET Framework SDK has command-line compilers for Visual Basic and JScript.
Overall, Visual C# .NET is an excellent choice for developing .NET applications. --Tim Anderson, Amazon.co.uk
Visual C# .NET is a toolset for creating .NET-based Windows and Web applications, and XML Web services, using the component-oriented C# (pronounced "C sharp") development language. This development package offers beginning and intermediate developers with C++ or Java experience a modern language and environment for creating next-generation software.
Use Visual C# .NET to accelerate development of broad-reach applications. It allows developers to build Windows applications using XML Web services, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, GDI+, and more. Using Visual C# .NET, developers can take advantage of the .NET Framework class library, providing a set of collection classes, built-in networking, multithreading support, and broad support for XML technologies.
Quickly design flexible software components usable from any .NET language and import any .NET or COM component written in any language or tool and build on years of application development. Visual C# .NET provides developers with the Windows Forms Designer, Web Forms Designer, XML Designer, IntelliSense, and other features for constructing compelling .NET solutions.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - DO NOT BUY FOR CE.NET
The Amazon quote above is misleading "On-screen emulator for Pocket PC applications". Now wouldn't that statement lead you to believe that you can build and test applications for the Pocket PC using this package. Well don't believe it.
It states it clearly on the Box that "build device-based applications and solutions" is not part of this package and will require Visual Studio.net Professional is required.
They fool you by allowing you to build ASP.NET pages to ... Read More
Rating:  - One major drawback.
I love the .NET framework and the C# language. However, one thing that just flat out [made me angry] when I got this in the mail was the fact that you could not connect to any database othre then MS Access and SQL Desktop Addition through the Database connection wizard. I can not think of any reason whatsoever that Microsoft would have done something like this, but it made me extreamly aggravated. I use the Enterprise version at work, and purchased the Standard Edition for my home seeing that I only ... Read More
Rating: - Nice for the price
As others have said, you can't beat the price, and you'll actually own a legal copy of a Visual Studio product. Perfect if you want to write your own little program and sell it on the side :) If you're not familiar with C#, then you'll definitely need a book to get you started -- I recommend Programming Windows in C# by Charles Petzold and Inside C# by Tom Archer. It's a very fun language to program in -- has many of the same concepts as Java. You can also interoperate with the Win32 API and COM.
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Rating: - c#??? Java I suppose...
The ide, the compiler and the whole package itself is great. The shame is that what microsoft calls c# is only java... Too lame... By the way it's as good as java, so it has all its pro and its bad sides
Rating: - Installing problems
I tried to install the program in two different machines, one with windows 2000 pro and the other with Windows XP Pro. When I run the application I got the error message the application cannot run. I then click on help but the windows does not allow me to see the message behind, being impossible to move it. I am disappointed.
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