I can assure you I go thru examples written for VS 2005 on my VS 2008 no problem. Having 2008 will allow u to use VS 2005 and 2008 code. But having vs2005 will lock u into 2005.

>Hi all,
>
>I finally decided to learn this .net stuff. I have some trainig videos from AppDev and was wondering if I should download VS2005 or VS2008 from MSDN?
>is the IDE look and feel similar enough so that the bloody begoinner can follow the videos (written for 2005) without getting confued when using VS208
>
>Peter