Having .net 3.0 installed gives you the runtime for WWF, WPF, WCF, etc... So
it doesn't hurt to have the runtime installed.
In order to develop with these technologies, you first need to install the
"Windows SDK for .net 3.0"
(
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...isplaylang=en).
After the windows sdk is installed, you need the appropriate extensions. for
Visual Studio (2005 only) The extensions for WWF are complete,
(
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en)
.. The extensions for WCF and WPF (installed together) are currently available
as a CTP
(
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...isplaylang=en).
I could be wrong on this, but I believe the VS extensions will also install
the Windows SDK for 3.0 if it's not already installed.
If you have the time to get up to speed with any of the new features in 3.0,
I'm sure you will find it worth your time. But also, since it extends 2.0, I
think it's best to make sure you feel good with 2.0 first. In the meantime,
read up on the general features of each of the new technologies. If the need
comes up to use the workflow api's, (for example) then at least you are
already familiar with what it can do for you, rather than trying to reinvent
an existing feature set instead quickly leveraging the api with a little bit
of on the job learning :-)
"Rob" wrote:
Hi guys,
Thanks for the replies and info...
So, just to clarify then, my installation of Visual Studio 2005
remains pretty much as was and uses the .net 2.0 framework - do I need
to install these additional extensions myself in order to use any new
bits in 3.0? If so I'll probably stay as I am then - if not, ie, when
I installed .net 3.0 it installed them into Visual Studio - I guess
just uninstalling .Net 3.0 would remove them again?
Regards
Rob