What Is the Difference Between Visual Studio & Visual Studio .NET?
Visual Studio 6.0 was the precursor to Visual Studio .NET, which was released in 2002. Many programmers would consider Visual Basic to be the core component of either version.
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Core Components
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The core components of Visual Studio 6.0 are Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual InterDev, Visual J++ and Visual SourceSafe. Visual Studio .NET introduced .NET versions of Visual Basic and Visual C++ and added Visual C# .NET and Visual J# .NET.
IDE
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In Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Basic, Visual C++ and Visual FoxPro had separate Integrated Development Environments (IDEs); Visual J++ and Visual InterDev shared a common IDE, which became the common environment used in later versions. The IDE is more robust in Visual Studio .NET than in Visual Studio and shared across all components.
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Project Types
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With Visual Studio, you can create Windows applications as either standalone applications or those that interface with databases. In addition, you can create executables, ActiveX controls and DLL files. Using Visual Studio .NET, you can create Windows applications, class libraries (similar to DLLs), control libraries to be used on Windows forms, ASP.NET Web applications, ASP.NET Web services, Web control libraries, console applications for creating command-line applications and Windows services.
Foundation
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Visual Studio 6.0 is based upon the Component Object Model. Visual Studio .NET is built upon the .NET Framework.
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