Saw a first look at Visual Studio 2003 over at TechThisOut.
Visual Studio 2003 Professional First Look w/ Screenies
Full Version: Visual Studio .NET 2003 First Look
long time ago i saw you man...
No offense Tiburon, but youre not very bright if all you see is "not to many changes since Visual Studio .NET, except for minor graphical changes."
Although I do have 2002 Architect installed, I constantly use 2003 Architect version 7.1.2292
It sort of pisses me off when people do a poor job "testing" and "reporting" for a news site.
Although I do have 2002 Architect installed, I constantly use 2003 Architect version 7.1.2292
It sort of pisses me off when people do a poor job "testing" and "reporting" for a news site.
FYI, here's Microsoft's list of What's New in Visual Studio .NET 2003.
Indeed,
But according to tiburon's sloppy "reporting", the following is nothing more than a "few graphical changes"
But according to tiburon's sloppy "reporting", the following is nothing more than a "few graphical changes"
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Visual Studio .NET 2003 includes a range of new features and enhancements for every type of developer, and offers key improvements directed at mobile device developers and enterprise developers.
Features listed below are available in all editions of Visual Studio .NET 2003: Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional, Visual Studio .NET 2003 enterprise developer, and Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect.
Mobile Device Developers
Enhancements for the mobile device developer include:
Building applications for smart devices*
Visual Studio .NET 2003 now includes integrated support for the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework. Using the Microsoft Windows® Forms designer, Microsoft Visual Basic® and Microsoft Visual C#® developers can easily build, debug, and deploy powerful applications for the Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, and other smart devices powered by the .NET Compact Framework. Integrated emulation enables developers to easily program and debug their applications without requiring a device.
Building applications for mobile Web devices
Using the integrated ASP.NET Web Forms and the Visual Studio .NET Web Forms Designer, Visual Basic and C# developers can easily build thin-client Web-based applications that render intelligently on more than 200 devices, including wireless application protocol (WAP) phones, wireless personal digital assistants (PDAs), and pagers.
Enterprise Developers
Enhancements for the enterprise developer include:
Targeting the new .NET Framework 1.1
The Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 provides several enhancements over the .NET Framework 1.0 including improved scalability, security, and performance.
Deploying to Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 builds on the core strengths of the Windows family of operating systems—security, manageability, reliability, availability, and scalability. Windows Server 2003 provides an application environment in which to build, deploy, manage, and run XML Web services. At the heart of the application environment is version 1.1 of the .NET Framework, which is included in all editions of Visual Studio .NET 2003.
Easy migration from existing .NET Framework 1.0 applications
To ensure the highest level of compatibility, .NET Framework 1.1 can be installed side-by-side with .NET Framework 1.0.
New managed data providers
The new managed data providers deliver data controls for easy connections to OLEDB and ODBC data sources including Microsoft SQL Server™, Microsoft Access, Jet, DB2, and Oracle.
Enhanced upgrade technology
Visual Basic .NET developers can now leverage even more of their existing investments in code and skills. The improved upgrade wizard enables developers to migrate up to 95 percent of existing code to Visual Basic .NET. The upgrade wizard is now available in Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard edition, as well as Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional, Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer, and Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect editions.
Improved support for working with XML Web services
Support for Web services includes the latest Web services standards such as WS-Routing, WS-Security, WS-Attachments, and Direct Internet Message Encapsulation (DIME).
The features above are available in all editions of Visual Studio .NET 2003. For Visual Studio .NET 2003 users who are MSDN® Universal subscribers, the Enterprise Instrumentation Framework (EIF) will be available for download:
Enterprise Instrumentation Framework
EIF enables developers to easily add run-time monitoring capabilities to any application. Once added, developers or IT staff can easily monitor the health of any .NET-connected application. EIF will be available for download on MSDN.
* Smart device development is available in all editions of Visual Studio .NET 2003: Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional, Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer, and Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect. Smart device development is not available in stand-alone editions: Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard, Visual C# .NET 2003 Standard, Microsoft Visual J#™ .NET 2003 Standard, or Microsoft Visual C++® .NET 2003 Standard.
Features listed below are available in all editions of Visual Studio .NET 2003: Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional, Visual Studio .NET 2003 enterprise developer, and Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect.
Mobile Device Developers
Enhancements for the mobile device developer include:
Building applications for smart devices*
Visual Studio .NET 2003 now includes integrated support for the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework. Using the Microsoft Windows® Forms designer, Microsoft Visual Basic® and Microsoft Visual C#® developers can easily build, debug, and deploy powerful applications for the Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, and other smart devices powered by the .NET Compact Framework. Integrated emulation enables developers to easily program and debug their applications without requiring a device.
Building applications for mobile Web devices
Using the integrated ASP.NET Web Forms and the Visual Studio .NET Web Forms Designer, Visual Basic and C# developers can easily build thin-client Web-based applications that render intelligently on more than 200 devices, including wireless application protocol (WAP) phones, wireless personal digital assistants (PDAs), and pagers.
Enterprise Developers
Enhancements for the enterprise developer include:
Targeting the new .NET Framework 1.1
The Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 provides several enhancements over the .NET Framework 1.0 including improved scalability, security, and performance.
Deploying to Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 builds on the core strengths of the Windows family of operating systems—security, manageability, reliability, availability, and scalability. Windows Server 2003 provides an application environment in which to build, deploy, manage, and run XML Web services. At the heart of the application environment is version 1.1 of the .NET Framework, which is included in all editions of Visual Studio .NET 2003.
Easy migration from existing .NET Framework 1.0 applications
To ensure the highest level of compatibility, .NET Framework 1.1 can be installed side-by-side with .NET Framework 1.0.
New managed data providers
The new managed data providers deliver data controls for easy connections to OLEDB and ODBC data sources including Microsoft SQL Server™, Microsoft Access, Jet, DB2, and Oracle.
Enhanced upgrade technology
Visual Basic .NET developers can now leverage even more of their existing investments in code and skills. The improved upgrade wizard enables developers to migrate up to 95 percent of existing code to Visual Basic .NET. The upgrade wizard is now available in Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard edition, as well as Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional, Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer, and Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect editions.
Improved support for working with XML Web services
Support for Web services includes the latest Web services standards such as WS-Routing, WS-Security, WS-Attachments, and Direct Internet Message Encapsulation (DIME).
The features above are available in all editions of Visual Studio .NET 2003. For Visual Studio .NET 2003 users who are MSDN® Universal subscribers, the Enterprise Instrumentation Framework (EIF) will be available for download:
Enterprise Instrumentation Framework
EIF enables developers to easily add run-time monitoring capabilities to any application. Once added, developers or IT staff can easily monitor the health of any .NET-connected application. EIF will be available for download on MSDN.
* Smart device development is available in all editions of Visual Studio .NET 2003: Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional, Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer, and Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect. Smart device development is not available in stand-alone editions: Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard, Visual C# .NET 2003 Standard, Microsoft Visual J#™ .NET 2003 Standard, or Microsoft Visual C++® .NET 2003 Standard.
I can't wait to start making stuff for my pocket pc, yay 
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