Application development - .Net 2.0?

[adrianjohnson]

I've been chatting with some friends about a software application we'd like to develop. Both friends are VB nuts - they both prefer VB.NET 2005. I'm easy - don't mind VB.NET, C++, Java. I even looked at Turbo Delphi at the weekend.

My question, how many people are likely to have .Net framework 2.0 installed, either at home or work? I looked on Google, and the Microsoft site, but couldn't really find any stats. I've asked people when they received new PC's to check their installation, and some have .Net 2.0 and others don't.

If my friends decided to go down the .Net route, they will do an internet alternative, but I guess the more people who have a downloaded app the better.

Thanks,

Adrian Johnson

 

[franklin97355]

I believe net framework is part of MS update suite and should be on most computers that do routine updates. If not you can have the program check and offer to download the app if it is not installed. We have several apps that require it her at the school district.

The answer is "42"

 

[MasterRacker]

Any .NET web app only needs .NET on the server. The client only needs a browser (unless maybe you get into web services stuff). Go for it. IMHO, .NET and Visual Studio are a sweet development environment.

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[chiph]

MasterRacker is correct - you only need the .NET runtime where the components are deployed. If you're writing a web-based app, then the web servers need to have it. The users don't, because the HTML isolates them.

BTW: If you're curious about adoption on the desktop, people using IE as their browser will have their .NET version reported via the browser identification string. So you can collect this info from your server logs.

Chip H.


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