I was recently asked to detail the various .net and Silverlight versions in a simple table - here's my attempt (this is all available at www.asp.net/downloads but I must admit I found it useful to try and summarise the essentials here)
| Version | Released | Tools Summary | Comments |
| .net 1.1 | 2003 | VS 2003 | You can only use Visual Studio 2003 to work with .net 1.1 apps |
| .net 2.0 | 2005 | VS 2005/VS 2008 | You can target .net 2 with VS 2008 |
| .net 3.0 | 2006 | VS 2005/VS 2008 | You will need to install the .net 3 tool support for VS 2005 separately - it is included in VS 2008.
.Net 3 includes: - Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
- Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
- Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
- Windows CardSpace
Tools for VS 2005: |
| .net 3.5 | 2008 | VS 2008 | |
| Silverlight 1.0 | 2007 | VS 2008 with tool Support for code.
Expression Blend 2 for UI design | Silverlight UI with XAML, JavaScript for interaction. See Silverlight Feature Matrix for more details. |
| Silverlight 1.1 Alpha | 2007 | Discontinued - use Silverlight 2.0 Beta instead | |
Silverlight 2.0
Beta | 2008 | VS 2008 with tool Support for code
Expression Blend 2.5 Preview | Silverlight UI with XAML, rich controls, managed code. See Silverlight Feature Matrix for more details. |
Asp.Net 3.5
extensions
Preview | 2008 | VS 2008 with add-on | This preview adds new features for asp.net that sit on top of .net 3.5 (confusingly some of the assemblies in the preview are versioned as 3.6)
The new features include: - ASP.NET MVC
- ASP.NET Dynamic Data
- ASP.NET controls for Silverlight
- ADO.NET Data Services
- Entity Framework runtime
- new features for ASP.NET AJAX
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Hope this helps.
Cheers
Ian