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  • George Ter-Saakov

    #1

    should i move to .NET 2.0?

    I have a working website on internet written on .NET 1.1
    I am thinking about moving my development to .NET 2.0 and do not want to run
    both versions on the same server (have only one server). Or using VS 2003
    with 2005 simultaneously

    So I am thinking about converting my first website to .NET 2.0 (which is
    really easy to do)

    The question: is .NET 2.0 ready for production? First website is actually
    making good money for me and it will be a big deal if server would lock
    itself up one in a while.

    Is .NET 2.0 as stable as .NET 1.1?
    Any known issues?




    Thanks
    George.


  • David Wier

    #2
    Re: should i move to .NET 2.0?

    First off - if it's running perfectly and making good money for you -
    there's no real reason to switch.
    That said - there's no problem with running both versions on one server, and
    YES - 2.0 has been ready for production a long time - I've had all my sites
    converted to 2.0 for some time and I'll NEVER look back.

    My suggestion would be to create a second site, copy the same older code
    there, and convert that, to see how many issues you had during
    conversion...th at's the only thing I could see holding things up (the
    conversion)

    --
    David Wier
    MVP/ASPInsider





    "George Ter-Saakov" <gt-nsp@cardone.com wrote in message
    news:%23kNXamT$ GHA.1200@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..
    I have a working website on internet written on .NET 1.1
    I am thinking about moving my development to .NET 2.0 and do not want to
    run
    both versions on the same server (have only one server). Or using VS 2003
    with 2005 simultaneously
    >
    So I am thinking about converting my first website to .NET 2.0 (which is
    really easy to do)
    >
    The question: is .NET 2.0 ready for production? First website is actually
    making good money for me and it will be a big deal if server would lock
    itself up one in a while.
    >
    Is .NET 2.0 as stable as .NET 1.1?
    Any known issues?
    >
    >
    >
    >
    Thanks
    George.
    >
    >

    Comment

    • George Ter-Saakov

      #3
      Re: should i move to .NET 2.0?

      Well, I do not want to use 2 development tools as well. It's really starts
      to mess up my head :). The first website still going through improvement all
      the time.
      So that is another reason to convert.

      I actually already had converted (just did not updated server yet) and had
      no issues except one
      in NET 2.0
      Response.Filter .Write(aTmp, 0, aTmp.Length) now throws an exception when
      aTmp is 0 length array.

      ..NET 1.1 simply did not do anything.

      thanks for the info.
      George.





      "David Wier" <david_wier@noS pamhotmail.comw rote in message
      news:%23J54eyT$ GHA.3260@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..
      First off - if it's running perfectly and making good money for you -
      there's no real reason to switch.
      That said - there's no problem with running both versions on one server,
      and
      YES - 2.0 has been ready for production a long time - I've had all my
      sites
      converted to 2.0 for some time and I'll NEVER look back.
      >
      My suggestion would be to create a second site, copy the same older code
      there, and convert that, to see how many issues you had during
      conversion...th at's the only thing I could see holding things up (the
      conversion)
      >
      --
      David Wier
      MVP/ASPInsider


      >
      >
      >
      "George Ter-Saakov" <gt-nsp@cardone.com wrote in message
      news:%23kNXamT$ GHA.1200@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..
      >I have a working website on internet written on .NET 1.1
      >I am thinking about moving my development to .NET 2.0 and do not want to
      run
      >both versions on the same server (have only one server). Or using VS 2003
      >with 2005 simultaneously
      >>
      >So I am thinking about converting my first website to .NET 2.0 (which is
      >really easy to do)
      >>
      >The question: is .NET 2.0 ready for production? First website is actually
      >making good money for me and it will be a big deal if server would lock
      >itself up one in a while.
      >>
      >Is .NET 2.0 as stable as .NET 1.1?
      >Any known issues?
      >>
      >>
      >>
      >>
      >Thanks
      >George.
      >>
      >>
      >
      >

      Comment

      • Kevin Spencer

        #4
        Re: should i move to .NET 2.0?

        Hard to say. .Net 2.0 is superior to .Net 1.1 in many ways. However, with
        the advent of Vista and the .Net platform 3.0, it would probably be better
        to save yourself the trouble of 2 upgrades, wait a bit longer (maybe a
        year), and upgrade to .Net 3.0.

        --
        HTH,

        Kevin Spencer
        Microsoft MVP
        Short Order Coder
        Thoughts and Ideas about programming, philosophy, science, arts, life, God, and related subjects.


        The devil is in the yada yada yada


        "George Ter-Saakov" <gt-nsp@cardone.com wrote in message
        news:%23kNXamT$ GHA.1200@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..
        >I have a working website on internet written on .NET 1.1
        I am thinking about moving my development to .NET 2.0 and do not want to
        run both versions on the same server (have only one server). Or using VS
        2003 with 2005 simultaneously
        >
        So I am thinking about converting my first website to .NET 2.0 (which is
        really easy to do)
        >
        The question: is .NET 2.0 ready for production? First website is actually
        making good money for me and it will be a big deal if server would lock
        itself up one in a while.
        >
        Is .NET 2.0 as stable as .NET 1.1?
        Any known issues?
        >
        >
        >
        >
        Thanks
        George.
        >

        Comment

        • Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]

          #5
          Re: should i move to .NET 2.0?

          "NET 1.1 simply did not do anything."
          Correct. In .NET 2.0, any unhandled exception will cause your application to
          quit and the appDomain to unload. That is good, because in 1.1 you could have
          an application that "seemed" to still be running, but was actually in a
          completely unusable state.
          Bottom line- handle the exception with better coding logic.
          Peter

          --
          Co-founder, Eggheadcafe.com developer portal:

          UnBlog:





          "George Ter-Saakov" wrote:
          Well, I do not want to use 2 development tools as well. It's really starts
          to mess up my head :). The first website still going through improvement all
          the time.
          So that is another reason to convert.
          >
          I actually already had converted (just did not updated server yet) and had
          no issues except one
          in NET 2.0
          Response.Filter .Write(aTmp, 0, aTmp.Length) now throws an exception when
          aTmp is 0 length array.
          >
          ..NET 1.1 simply did not do anything.
          >
          thanks for the info.
          George.
          >
          >
          >
          >
          >
          "David Wier" <david_wier@noS pamhotmail.comw rote in message
          news:%23J54eyT$ GHA.3260@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..
          First off - if it's running perfectly and making good money for you -
          there's no real reason to switch.
          That said - there's no problem with running both versions on one server,
          and
          YES - 2.0 has been ready for production a long time - I've had all my
          sites
          converted to 2.0 for some time and I'll NEVER look back.

          My suggestion would be to create a second site, copy the same older code
          there, and convert that, to see how many issues you had during
          conversion...th at's the only thing I could see holding things up (the
          conversion)

          --
          David Wier
          MVP/ASPInsider





          "George Ter-Saakov" <gt-nsp@cardone.com wrote in message
          news:%23kNXamT$ GHA.1200@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..
          I have a working website on internet written on .NET 1.1
          I am thinking about moving my development to .NET 2.0 and do not want to
          run
          both versions on the same server (have only one server). Or using VS 2003
          with 2005 simultaneously
          >
          So I am thinking about converting my first website to .NET 2.0 (which is
          really easy to do)
          >
          The question: is .NET 2.0 ready for production? First website is actually
          making good money for me and it will be a big deal if server would lock
          itself up one in a while.
          >
          Is .NET 2.0 as stable as .NET 1.1?
          Any known issues?
          >
          >
          >
          >
          Thanks
          George.
          >
          >
          >
          >
          >

          Comment

          • Laurent Bugnion

            #6
            Re: should i move to .NET 2.0?

            Hi,

            Kevin Spencer wrote:
            Hard to say. .Net 2.0 is superior to .Net 1.1 in many ways. However, with
            the advent of Vista and the .Net platform 3.0, it would probably be better
            to save yourself the trouble of 2 upgrades, wait a bit longer (maybe a
            year), and upgrade to .Net 3.0.
            No. .NET 3.0 will not replace .NET 2.0. It's a marketing name. .NET 3.0
            consists of additional libraries which are installed on top of .NET 2.0.
            These libraries allow programming WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation),
            WCF (Windows Communication Foundation), WWF (Windows Workflow
            Foundation) and Cardspace.

            For more info about .NET 3.0:


            You should move to .NET 2.0 unless you have good reasons to stay with
            ..NET 1.1.

            ..NET 2.0 is a huge improvement over 1.1. Additionally, if you want to
            stay on top of the game, you got to move with the flow, and learn the
            newer technologies as they come.

            HTH,
            Laurent
            --
            Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft
            Software engineering: http://www.galasoft-LB.ch
            PhotoAlbum: http://www.galasoft-LB.ch/pictures
            Support children in Calcutta: http://www.calcutta-espoir.ch

            Comment

            • Kevin Spencer

              #7
              Re: should i move to .NET 2.0?

              You'll notice that I didn't mention .Net 3.0 alone as a reason, but Vista as
              well. This was why I recommended waiting a year.

              You're entitled to your opinion, Laurent, but "No" is a bit overbearing
              regarding an opinion.

              --
              HTH,

              Kevin Spencer
              Microsoft MVP
              Short Order Coder
              Thoughts and Ideas about programming, philosophy, science, arts, life, God, and related subjects.


              The devil is in the yada yada yada


              "Laurent Bugnion" <galasoft-lb@bluewin.chwr ote in message
              news:e$ufkbb$GH A.4568@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...
              Hi,
              >
              Kevin Spencer wrote:
              >Hard to say. .Net 2.0 is superior to .Net 1.1 in many ways. However, with
              >the advent of Vista and the .Net platform 3.0, it would probably be
              >better to save yourself the trouble of 2 upgrades, wait a bit longer
              >(maybe a year), and upgrade to .Net 3.0.
              >
              No. .NET 3.0 will not replace .NET 2.0. It's a marketing name. .NET 3.0
              consists of additional libraries which are installed on top of .NET 2.0.
              These libraries allow programming WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation),
              WCF (Windows Communication Foundation), WWF (Windows Workflow Foundation)
              and Cardspace.
              >
              For more info about .NET 3.0:

              >
              You should move to .NET 2.0 unless you have good reasons to stay with .NET
              1.1.
              >
              .NET 2.0 is a huge improvement over 1.1. Additionally, if you want to stay
              on top of the game, you got to move with the flow, and learn the newer
              technologies as they come.
              >
              HTH,
              Laurent
              --
              Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft
              Software engineering: http://www.galasoft-LB.ch
              PhotoAlbum: http://www.galasoft-LB.ch/pictures
              Support children in Calcutta: http://www.calcutta-espoir.ch

              Comment

              • George Ter-Saakov

                #8
                Re: should i move to .NET 2.0?

                When I said did not do anything.
                I meant that even exception was not thrown. It just did not output anything
                which is correct since array has zero length.


                George



                "Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]" <pbromberg@yaho o.nospammin.com wrote in message
                news:FCB91064-CA22-43DF-9132-E0B1A87ED5F0@mi crosoft.com...
                "NET 1.1 simply did not do anything."
                Correct. In .NET 2.0, any unhandled exception will cause your application
                to
                quit and the appDomain to unload. That is good, because in 1.1 you could
                have
                an application that "seemed" to still be running, but was actually in a
                completely unusable state.
                Bottom line- handle the exception with better coding logic.
                Peter
                >
                --
                Co-founder, Eggheadcafe.com developer portal:

                UnBlog:

                >
                >
                >
                >
                "George Ter-Saakov" wrote:
                >
                >Well, I do not want to use 2 development tools as well. It's really
                >starts
                >to mess up my head :). The first website still going through improvement
                >all
                >the time.
                >So that is another reason to convert.
                >>
                >I actually already had converted (just did not updated server yet) and
                >had
                >no issues except one
                >in NET 2.0
                >Response.Filte r.Write(aTmp, 0, aTmp.Length) now throws an exception when
                >aTmp is 0 length array.
                >>
                >..NET 1.1 simply did not do anything.
                >>
                >thanks for the info.
                >George.
                >>
                >>
                >>
                >>
                >>
                >"David Wier" <david_wier@noS pamhotmail.comw rote in message
                >news:%23J54eyT $GHA.3260@TK2MS FTNGP02.phx.gbl ...
                First off - if it's running perfectly and making good money for you -
                there's no real reason to switch.
                That said - there's no problem with running both versions on one
                server,
                and
                YES - 2.0 has been ready for production a long time - I've had all my
                sites
                converted to 2.0 for some time and I'll NEVER look back.
                >
                My suggestion would be to create a second site, copy the same older
                code
                there, and convert that, to see how many issues you had during
                conversion...th at's the only thing I could see holding things up (the
                conversion)
                >
                --
                David Wier
                MVP/ASPInsider


                >
                >
                >
                "George Ter-Saakov" <gt-nsp@cardone.com wrote in message
                news:%23kNXamT$ GHA.1200@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..
                >I have a working website on internet written on .NET 1.1
                >I am thinking about moving my development to .NET 2.0 and do not want
                >to
                run
                >both versions on the same server (have only one server). Or using VS
                >2003
                >with 2005 simultaneously
                >>
                >So I am thinking about converting my first website to .NET 2.0 (which
                >is
                >really easy to do)
                >>
                >The question: is .NET 2.0 ready for production? First website is
                >actually
                >making good money for me and it will be a big deal if server would
                >lock
                >itself up one in a while.
                >>
                >Is .NET 2.0 as stable as .NET 1.1?
                >Any known issues?
                >>
                >>
                >>
                >>
                >Thanks
                >George.
                >>
                >>
                >
                >
                >>
                >>
                >>

                Comment

                • Laurent Bugnion

                  #9
                  Re: should i move to .NET 2.0?

                  Hi Kevin,

                  Kevin Spencer wrote:
                  You'll notice that I didn't mention .Net 3.0 alone as a reason, but Vista as
                  well. This was why I recommended waiting a year.
                  >
                  You're entitled to your opinion, Laurent, but "No" is a bit overbearing
                  regarding an opinion.
                  Sorry for the "no". You're right.

                  The reason I reacted to your post is that it makes .NET 3.0 sound like
                  an upgrade to .NET 2.0, in the same way that .NET 2.0 is an upgrade to
                  ..NET 1.1. However, it's not. I think that Microsoft's naming policy is
                  confusing enough in that matter :-)

                  HTH and sorry,
                  Laurent
                  --
                  Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft
                  Software engineering: http://www.galasoft-LB.ch
                  PhotoAlbum: http://www.galasoft-LB.ch/pictures
                  Support children in Calcutta: http://www.calcutta-espoir.ch

                  Comment

                  • Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]

                    #10
                    Re: should i move to .NET 2.0?

                    Regardless, it is still good defensive coding practice to check if aTmp is
                    zero length or null before attempting to use it in the next line of code, yes?
                    Peter

                    --
                    Co-founder, Eggheadcafe.com developer portal:

                    UnBlog:





                    "George Ter-Saakov" wrote:
                    When I said did not do anything.
                    I meant that even exception was not thrown. It just did not output anything
                    which is correct since array has zero length.
                    >
                    >
                    George
                    >
                    >
                    >
                    "Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]" <pbromberg@yaho o.nospammin.com wrote in message
                    news:FCB91064-CA22-43DF-9132-E0B1A87ED5F0@mi crosoft.com...
                    "NET 1.1 simply did not do anything."
                    Correct. In .NET 2.0, any unhandled exception will cause your application
                    to
                    quit and the appDomain to unload. That is good, because in 1.1 you could
                    have
                    an application that "seemed" to still be running, but was actually in a
                    completely unusable state.
                    Bottom line- handle the exception with better coding logic.
                    Peter

                    --
                    Co-founder, Eggheadcafe.com developer portal:

                    UnBlog:





                    "George Ter-Saakov" wrote:
                    Well, I do not want to use 2 development tools as well. It's really
                    starts
                    to mess up my head :). The first website still going through improvement
                    all
                    the time.
                    So that is another reason to convert.
                    >
                    I actually already had converted (just did not updated server yet) and
                    had
                    no issues except one
                    in NET 2.0
                    Response.Filter .Write(aTmp, 0, aTmp.Length) now throws an exception when
                    aTmp is 0 length array.
                    >
                    ..NET 1.1 simply did not do anything.
                    >
                    thanks for the info.
                    George.
                    >
                    >
                    >
                    >
                    >
                    "David Wier" <david_wier@noS pamhotmail.comw rote in message
                    news:%23J54eyT$ GHA.3260@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..
                    First off - if it's running perfectly and making good money for you -
                    there's no real reason to switch.
                    That said - there's no problem with running both versions on one
                    server,
                    and
                    YES - 2.0 has been ready for production a long time - I've had all my
                    sites
                    converted to 2.0 for some time and I'll NEVER look back.

                    My suggestion would be to create a second site, copy the same older
                    code
                    there, and convert that, to see how many issues you had during
                    conversion...th at's the only thing I could see holding things up (the
                    conversion)

                    --
                    David Wier
                    MVP/ASPInsider





                    "George Ter-Saakov" <gt-nsp@cardone.com wrote in message
                    news:%23kNXamT$ GHA.1200@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..
                    I have a working website on internet written on .NET 1.1
                    I am thinking about moving my development to .NET 2.0 and do not want
                    to
                    run
                    both versions on the same server (have only one server). Or using VS
                    2003
                    with 2005 simultaneously
                    >
                    So I am thinking about converting my first website to .NET 2.0 (which
                    is
                    really easy to do)
                    >
                    The question: is .NET 2.0 ready for production? First website is
                    actually
                    making good money for me and it will be a big deal if server would
                    lock
                    itself up one in a while.
                    >
                    Is .NET 2.0 as stable as .NET 1.1?
                    Any known issues?
                    >
                    >
                    >
                    >
                    Thanks
                    George.
                    >
                    >


                    >
                    >
                    >
                    >
                    >
                    >

                    Comment

                    • Kevin Spencer

                      #11
                      Re: should i move to .NET 2.0?

                      Thanks much, Laurent. At any rate, between the two of us, and the rest of
                      the responses, I'm sure that the OP has some good food for thought!

                      --
                      :),

                      Kevin Spencer
                      Microsoft MVP
                      Short Order Coder
                      Thoughts and Ideas about programming, philosophy, science, arts, life, God, and related subjects.


                      The devil is in the yada yada yada


                      "Laurent Bugnion" <galasoft-lb@bluewin.chwr ote in message
                      news:%23OTQg5b$ GHA.4808@TK2MSF TNGP03.phx.gbl. ..
                      Hi Kevin,
                      >
                      Kevin Spencer wrote:
                      >You'll notice that I didn't mention .Net 3.0 alone as a reason, but Vista
                      >as well. This was why I recommended waiting a year.
                      >>
                      >You're entitled to your opinion, Laurent, but "No" is a bit overbearing
                      >regarding an opinion.
                      >
                      Sorry for the "no". You're right.
                      >
                      The reason I reacted to your post is that it makes .NET 3.0 sound like an
                      upgrade to .NET 2.0, in the same way that .NET 2.0 is an upgrade to .NET
                      1.1. However, it's not. I think that Microsoft's naming policy is
                      confusing enough in that matter :-)
                      >
                      HTH and sorry,
                      Laurent
                      --
                      Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft
                      Software engineering: http://www.galasoft-LB.ch
                      PhotoAlbum: http://www.galasoft-LB.ch/pictures
                      Support children in Calcutta: http://www.calcutta-espoir.ch

                      Comment

                      • Laurent Bugnion

                        #12
                        Re: should i move to .NET 2.0?

                        Hi Kevin,

                        Kevin Spencer wrote:
                        Thanks much, Laurent. At any rate, between the two of us, and the rest of
                        the responses, I'm sure that the OP has some good food for thought!
                        Good that Microsoft has us to correct their marketing "errors" ;-)

                        Just kidding,
                        Laurent
                        --
                        Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft
                        Software engineering: http://www.galasoft-LB.ch
                        PhotoAlbum: http://www.galasoft-LB.ch/pictures
                        Support children in Calcutta: http://www.calcutta-espoir.ch

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