Visual Studio 2005 vs 2008 - What are the benefits?

Question

What are the benefits of upgrading from Visual Studio 2005 to 2008?

Any thoughts on whether it\'s worth the jump, or is it better to wait for whatever\'s coming next

Answer 1

If you're just looking to upgrade to "most" of the new features of the 3.0 and/or 3.5 frameworks, it is not necessary to upgrade Visual Studio. You can just upgrade your framework. However, there are some advantages, like a new compiler (necessary to use Linq, if I recall), and some nice improvements like JavaScript debugging.

There are plenty of good articles on this exact topic out there, including this one, 22 New Features of Visual Studio 2008, that you may want to check out.

Hope that helps.