Is it ok to use Visual Studio 2012 Professional with this book

westonmulti · October 18th, 2012, 03:47 PM

I purchased this book a year or two ago and just now sat down to read it, and well it is already slightly out of date.

I have designed web pages before and I have used Visual Studio Web Developer 2008 Express.

Currently I uninstalled 2008, and I have Visual Studio Professional 2012 installed.

The book uses Visual Studio Web Developer 2010.

But is it ok to use 2012?

I think the biggest difference is going to be HTML5.

I do not want to buy another book, but I'd rather use 2012. Or does 2010 support HTML5?

Or do you reccommend I uninstall 2012, and install 2010?

As long as HTML5 is supported I do not care which version I use, as my copy of Visual Studio 2012 was free from the MSDN Website Spark program, at least for another year.

And I am also using Dreamweaver CS6. So currently I have been going back and forth between Dreamweaver and Visual Studio. Visual Studio is better for forms and logins, but Dreamweaver is better for layout.

Currently I am using CSS to display mobile, as I do not know how to in ASP.net.

I did also uninstall both SQL Server 2008 and 2012...thinking I didn't need that, but I will have to reinstall one of those.

Imar · October 19th, 2012, 03:21 AM

Hi there,

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But is it ok to use 2012?

It depends on how comfortable you are with Visual Studio and the differences. Stuff has changed quite a bit so you'll find instructions in my book referring to screens and options that are different on your machine.

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Or do you reccommend I uninstall 2012, and install 2010?

You can install them side by side which is what I would recommend.

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I think the biggest difference is going to be HTML5

The 4.0 version of my book doesn't use HTML5 (the new 4.5 does though). You can do HTML5 in VS 2010 though.

In summary: Install VWD 2010 Express to follow along with the book. Then use VS 2012 for your own projects.

Cheers,

Imar

westonmulti · October 19th, 2012, 11:28 AM

Thanks...

since I'm only on Chapter 2...I think I will just buy the new 4.5 book. Less confusing that way. That way I don't have to figure out between HTML 4 and 5.

Now since I uninstalled SQL Server...to reinstall it...can I just put the disk back in and install SQL Server, or do I need to uninstall and reinstall the whole Visual Studio 2012?

Imar · October 19th, 2012, 03:05 PM

HTML 5 isn't that big of an issue in VS. I use some of it in the new book, but certainly not all features.

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do I need to uninstall and reinstall the whole Visual Studio 2012?

Nope, you can install them side by side and separately. However, VS 2012 installs SQL Express with LocalDB (which is what I used in the book), so make sure that's installed. Chapter 12 of the new book shows you what you need to do.

Cheers,

Imar