I have visual studio 2005, .net 2.0. In order to develop programs for wcf and .net 3.5, do I really need to install visual studio 2008? or can I get around by just installing .net framework 3.5 runtime and sdk on top of visual studio 2005 and use it for development? Thanks.

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Jim S

15y

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Well, speaking of now, its best option to upgrade to VS2008.

Till VS2008 (SP1) released, there were Visual Studio 2005 extensions for .NET Framework 3.0, which enabled developers work with .Net 3.0 right away without waiting for VS2008.but now these are not supported by Microsoft for VS2005 as well not available for download officially from Microsoft since June 2008 I suppose.

(Plus you need compilers for 3.5 features like LINQ etc...VS2005 anyway wouldnt have these)

J Balakrishna

15y