They are not vastly different, but particularly with respect to ASP.NET
(web) development generally, build automation, and security auditing, 2005
is a real advance, and there are a lot of nice enhancements all around, such
as easier data binding to non-ADO objects. VS 2005 will not be in final
release until fall, and may not actually be in use on many projects and/or
in many companies until a year or more after that. So if you know for a
fact that you'll be needing the skills in a VS 2003 environment then you
might want to consider focusing there, otherwise, I'd go for 2005,
especially if you plan to take several months for the learning process.
Also if you're on a budget, for early learning purposes you could use the
2005 Express products -- the price (free) is certainly right.
--Bob
"Martin D." <ma****@noemail.com> wrote in message
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Hello all,
I'm a complete newbie when it comes to programming and I want to start
learning C#. I was wondering if someone could tell me which one to start
learning. VS 2003 or VS 2005 beta2. How different are they?
Thanks in advance.