Visual Studio 2005 preview is out

Is this the Visual Studio 2005 Community Technology Preview version?

Has anyone tried this new beta version? How stable it is?

I want to get VS .NET and wonder should I get 2003 stable version or try new one. It depends on how stable this beta is...

shadower, yes this is the March '04 CTP.

kesipyc, I have been using it a lot for the past week or so. There are some obvious bugs, but most are very small. All the major bugs (there are only a few that potentially impact me) that I have seen were listed in the Known Issues section of the release notes on the DVD.

The new features are awesome, but I would not necessarily recommend using this. VS2005 only compiles apps for the .Net Framework 2.0 (except for VC++ which can still compile for native x86, obviously); the binaries are not backwards compatible with .Net 1.x.

So if you plan to run any programs you compile in a VS .Net language (C#, VB.Net, J#, MC++, etc) on a computer with only .Net Framework 1.x (2.0 is not publicly available), then VS2003 will be a much better choice.

Regards,
Satyric0n

So if it is that stable when the final version will be released? And is it going to be compatible with MSDN 2004? I just want to be sure if it is worth downloading this preview...


/siddhartha

I believe the final version of VS2005 is slated to be released in March 2005.

Also, I think your MSDN question has already been answered, as you would see if you would simply read the whole thread...

Regards,
Satyric0n