Been waiting for .NET 2.0 to leave its seemingly perpetual beta cycle before trying it out? Well, today’s the day, people. .NET Framework 2.0 is out and ready to download. This includes ASP.NET 2.0.
Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 are also available for those lucky enough to have an MSDN Subscription. The rest of us will have to wait for the official launch on November 7.
Kevin began developing for the Web in 1995 and is a highly respected technical author. He wrote Build your own Database Driven Website using PHP and MySQL, a practical step-by-step guide published by SitePoint, and he's editor of the SitePoint Tech Times, a bi-weekly newsletter for technically-minded web developers. Kev believes that any good webmaster should have seen at least one episode of MacGyver.
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October 28th, 2005 at 12:44 am
does it include asp.net 2? I’ve tried their master pages, themes, and logins controls and their cool men :) The learning curve is steep specially if your coming from php but rewards are great. asp.net 2 really rocks!
October 28th, 2005 at 12:57 am
Yep, ASP.NET 2.0 is included.
October 28th, 2005 at 3:30 am
If I install a sharp version of .NET 2.0, does my Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 work?
I’ll want to use that until a sharp version of VS 2005 is ready.
October 28th, 2005 at 4:22 am
I think it will, I’m running Beta 2 without .net 2.0 installed so can’t imagine it will make a difference
October 28th, 2005 at 8:12 am
Kevin, as always it appears you are right on top of things. Thanks for that.
I just recently downloaded and started to work with Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Beta 2 and having seen some of the ASP.NET 2.0 things demonstrated in this I have been wondering when they would bring it out of beta.
I’m just getting into ASP.NET myself so I am looking forward to being able to take advantage of some of the improved features, one of which is ASP.NET 2.0’s inclusion of the XHTML standard.
October 28th, 2005 at 11:27 am
I’ve had the full version for a few weeks now from MSDN, and it requires you to remove all beta, beta2 versions of sqlXpress, .NET Framework beta, and any previous versions of Visual studio or visual web dev. If you do get your hands on the full verion such as Team Suite from MSDN, or pro/standard. Just remove your previous version of the .NET framework 2.0 (whether it’s beta1 or 2), remove previous versions of sql express, msdn help for version 2, and any VS 2005 betas. Reboot your puter, and install the new version, you’ll be set.
The new features in VS.NET 2005 are amazing, you can build business objects, or external dataset/data classes and visually connect and build gridviews etc from them. It’s a badass RAD….so many features.
October 29th, 2005 at 5:15 am
Ah, finally some consideration for standards like XHTML! Score one for Microsoft!
November 1st, 2005 at 12:18 pm
What is the general opinion of people regarding the stability of the new release?
Is it gonna need a service pack in the next few days or what?
Ben
November 9th, 2005 at 8:13 pm
Is the SQL Server 2005 Express Edition compatible with applications built in php?
November 9th, 2005 at 8:18 pm
Yes, you should be able to access it using PHP’s SQL Server library.
June 1st, 2006 at 10:13 pm
I used gridview, master pages, templates in my project.
Its really cool and awesome.
Definitely helping programmers to reach new heights. :)
July 26th, 2006 at 8:44 pm
I cannot uninstall SQL express 2005, it says .NET 2.0 is not installed, but it is!
Until I get the new SQL installed, my pages keep crashing!
Example URL
September 4th, 2006 at 4:40 pm
The design view of VWD 2005 express edition is not coming when I try to worki. Why ? How to resolve it?