Visual Studio 2005 Editions
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Visual Studio 2005 provides a range of tools that can help individual developers and software development teams:
  • Be more productive and obtain faster results
  • Build dynamic Windows, Web, mobile, and Office-based solutions
  • Communicate and collaborate more effectively within software teams
  • Ensure quality early and often throughout the development process
A comprehensive development environment for professional developers working alone or in small teams to build high performance, multi-tier applications for Windows, the Web, and mobile devices. Professional Edition
New Features:
  • 64-bit version of .NET framework 2.0
  • Enhanced SmartPhone and Pocket PC development environment
  • Create SQL Server stored procedures using a .NET language
  • Integrated ClickOnce support
  • Cross machine debugging
Benefits:
  • Integrated Visual Database Tools for designing databases, tables, stored procedures, and more
  • Integrated database report designer and viewer
  • Design, debug, and deploy multi-tier applications
  • Integrated XSLT debugging
  • Better with MSDN Premium Subscription
A comprehensive, high productivity professional development environment (for devs working alone) for building high performance, multi-tier applications for Windows, Web, and common consumer mobile devices. Standard Edition
New Features:
  • Integrated SQL Reporting Services
  • Integrated ClickOnce support
  • Master Pages support for maintaining a consistent look and feel across Web applications
  • Edit and Continue for simple, intuitive debugging
Benefits:
  • Integrated Visual Database Tools for desgining databases, tables.
  • Ideal tool for part-time/occasional developers
  • Includes a built-in Web server for testing Web applications, IIS is not needed
Programming languages includedVB, VC#, VC++, and VJ# are single language. Visual Web Developer includes VC# and VBAllAllVB and VC#All
Office development supportNoNoNoSupport for Excel 2003, Word 2003, InfoPath 2003 and Outlook 2003Support for Excel 2003, Word 2003, InfoPath 2003 and Outlook 2003
Mobile Device SupportNoYesYesNoYes
Unit TestingNoNoNoNoNo
Database design tools (create/modify tables and stored procedures)LocalLocal and remoteLocal and remoteLocal and remoteLocal and remote
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