Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard Upgrade

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (VS08) Service Pack 1 (SP1) took eight months to arrive. Considering the capabilities that have been added, eight months might not seem so long. In some ways, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1 feels like the completion of

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So far, so good

Have had one small issue with a bug using this product on a Windows Vista SP1 machine (it generates an erroneous warning while building a COM class library). Other than that, it seems to do what I need it to do.

VS2008 Standard Edition

I like the changes from VS2005, there is much improvement. The addition of AJAX and LINQ support is great.

VS 2008 Review

As always, VS 2008 does not disappoint. The UI is smooth and clearly laid out. Watch out for the "uses" libraries added to the default new ASPX form - they differ from 2005's and can break some older code.

Worthwhile upgrade

I think integrated support for linq and intellisense for javascript are enough to make this worth the price. Only problems I had involved 3rd party controls, but I think all of those issues have been resolved by the vendors now. Includes easy transition from ASP.NET 2 to 3.5 websites.