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Would this be the book to get if I want to develop desktop apps for Windows?. Does C# 5 support Win 7 , XP ?
by nanijoe 14y ago
Would this be the book to get if I want to develop desktop apps for Windows?. Does C# 5 support Win 7 , XP ?
- CodeCube 14y agoLanguage-wise, C# 5 comes with .NET 4.5, which is supported on Windows 7, but not XP. You can probably use Mono 3.0 on XP to write C# 5 though.
- WayneDB 14y agoYou could start with C# 4.0 / .NET 4.0 which is supported on XP. .NET 3.5 has a much higher install-penetration than .NET 4.0 though, so if you're really concerned with making installations hassle-free, you might want to consider starting with C# 3.0 / .NET 3.5 (using Visual Studio 2010). Also, I would suggest starting with Windows Forms (WinForms) instead of WPF because it's super simple and easy to wrap your head around. You can get something built very quickly with WinForms. In WPF you'll be spending at least a month studying before you start to feel confident.
- CodeCube 14y agoActually, I temporarily forgot (it was in the book :P ) ... you can actually target .NET 4 and still use C# 5 if you use the Async Targeting Pack for Visual Studio 2012 - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29576 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=2957...