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Hi all – I need to do some work using C# in Visual Studio 2008 however suspect it will probably run very slowly on the NC10. Does anyone have any alternative software that will allow VB.Net and C# programming in a just as easy to use environment? Thanks!
Have you tried it? I’d suggest loading it, more than likely getting 2g of ram which is pretty cheap anyway, and see how it runs. I bet it’s not too bad. Probably not great, but certainly not bad 🙂
like hufn says, I think it would work. Give it a go and let us know. iirc people have used VS and said it has been ok.
I’ve still not loaded it myself though. I do intend to put c# express on – it was always my goal to make a little web cam app that could be used to take pics of the person who just nicked my PC! Although when I started to think about the privacy issues I decided it was a bit dodge. Maybe as an “intellectual” excercise it might be a fun project!
I have 2GB RAM installed so I will have to give it a go. Because im learning C# is there any software that makes learning it and spotting any errors any easier? Cheers!
I’ve often in recent years had to do Visual Studio development on antiques from the dark ages. Shouldn’t be a problem on this.
C# compiles are very quick usually given the lightweight nature of them. If you were doing a huge behemoth compile of an enterprise class app in C++, then that’s another matter (thinks back to the days when my compiles would take 3 hours!).
That said, the display is tiny for development. I’m used to development on a 24″ widescreen LCD (and even then I think it’s not enough space) 🙂
24″ LCD for development? Blimmey – using my Desktop with a 22″ LCD seems to be ok – but I am doing what experts would consider basic I guess – all part of the degree. We will just have to see how it goes I guess.
Im running Visual Studio Pro 08 on Vista with 2gb ram as we speak and it runs fine. Bit slower than my pc compiling though… So i’d assume it would run fine on xp and 1gb of ram. The screen is a bit small when it comes to debugging but otherwise its fine. Just make all the little windows around the edges “auto hide”.
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I also use a 24″ for development 😀 Cant beat it![quote1231838900=dingdong]
I also use a 24″ for development 😀 Cant beat it!
[/quote1231838900]We have 3 x 19″ at work. Having two “wing” monitors is great for dumping all kinds of VS windows over the place!
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We have 3 x 19″ at work. Having two “wing” monitors is great for dumping all kinds of VS windows over the place!
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I can’t beat that, but I do agree that having multiple monitors is great for development work. I have my 17″ laptop with a 19″ monitor hooked up too. The laptop (1920×1200) seems huge now after using my nc10!Thats what I find too now – after using the sammy for a bit even my 22″ monitor looks huge for a little while. As im doing more development work I might have to invest in a second monitor perhaps
Quick question,this shouldn’t be against forum rules
I got VB off my dad a few years ago to mess about with while i had the summer off school and deicded tonight i’d reinstall it.before making images of my CD’s i did a quick search and found VB express here http://www.microsoft.com/express/default.aspx
Are they as good as the real thing?And are they free?
Thanks!yep yep the Express editions are totally free and they are released by MS to get people interested in their products. The more people who get into developing on their platforms the more future developers they have in the work force so it is win win. Assuming you like MS products!
I use c# and SQL Express and find both fully functional. If you have long term plans to get into dev then c# is prob the way to go but VB is great for ‘playing around’.
It is very unlikely that you will miss anything not in the Express editions unless you really get into things. But by then you might be happy to purchase a copy (you can get decent educational discounts anyway). I use the full price Enterprise edition of SQL Server professionally and find that Express is just fine for ‘home projects’.
Definitely download it. Other suppliers do similar things, for example there is a free version of Delphi etc. You might also want to check free products such as PHP, MySQL etc. Personally I like MS products.
Same as previous post.
I use the Sammy as I did my EeePC1000H as portable development for Uni. I have Visual Studio Express for Web Development, SQLServer Express 2005, Netbeans, etc and have find no problems apart from compiling a little slower. I havnt really found the screen to be a problem either.
One added thing I have found which helps is running Server 2003 as my OS. Tried the standard Home XP, XP Pro, Server 08 and Vista SP2…uhm I mean Windows 7 and have not found which can match Server 2K3 for stability and snappiness.
Also found the Sammy to be better quality than the Asus as well.
Kevo
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