Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone
Whether you’re familiar with, or new to, Silverlight and XNA Game Studio programming, Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone provides everything you need to get started building Windows Phone apps.
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Visual Web Developer 2010 Express
Get everything you need to start building standards-friendly web applications with the free version of Visual Studio using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer. Visual Web Developer 2010 Express is a full-featured web development editor for working with web standards, JavaScript, and ASP.NET. This simple, streamlined installer will get your development machine ready to go. In addition, you’ll get the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform including frameworks, web server and database.
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Visual Basic 2010 Express
Visual Basic 2010 Express is part of the Visual Studio 2010 Express family, a free set of tools that Windows developers at any level can use to create custom applications using basic and expert settings. Visual Basic provides a fast and easy way to create .NET Framework-based Windows applications. As with all programs that target the .NET Framework, programs written in Visual Basic benefit from security and language interoperability.
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Visual C# 2010 Express
Visual C# 2010 Express is part of the Visual Studio 2010 Express family, a free set of tools that Windows developers at any level can use to create custom applications using basic and expert settings. Visual C# (pronounced C sharp) is designed for building a variety of applications that run on the .NET Framework. Visual C# is simple, powerful, type-safe, and object-oriented. With its many innovations, Visual C# enables rapid application development and also retains the expressiveness and elegance of C-style languages.
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Visual C++ 2010 Express
Visual C++ 2010 Express is part of the Visual Studio 2010 Express family, a free set of tools that Windows developers at any level can use to create custom applications using basic and expert settings. Visual C++ is a powerful language that is designed to give you deep and detailed control when you build either native Windows (COM+) applications or .NET Framework managed Windows applications.
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Visual Studio 2010 Express ISO Images
Download an ISO image file that enables you to install Visual Studio Express products without
requiring Internet access during installation. One image includes: Visual Basic 2010 Express,
Visual C++ 2010 Express, Visual C# Express, and Visual Web Developer 2010 Express. Windows Phone
SDK 7.1, which includes Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone, is included on a separate
image.
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What is Visual Studio Express?
Visual Studio 2010 is a complete development environment from Microsoft for creating web applications, client (Windows) applications, and Windows Phone 7 applications. In contrast, Visual Studio 2010 Express is a set of free, entry-level products that features streamlined interfaces and core capabilities that focus on providing the tools that you need for creating applications for a single platform. For example, Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone provides the tools that you need to create games and applications for Windows Phone 7. Integration with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, and advanced design, development and test capabilities, such as 64-bit development, unit testing and remote debugging, are not included in the Express products.
Visual Studio LightSwitch
Visual Studio LightSwitch gives you a simpler way to create custom business apps for the desktop, web & cloud.
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Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview
This developer preview includes support for Windows Developer Preview, a pre-beta version of Windows 8 for developers.
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Visual Studio 2008 Express
Free tools for developers of any level programming in Visual Basic, C++, or C#.
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Express
Free, feature-rich database for developing and deploying desktop, web, and small server applications.
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1. To compare C++ functionality across all Visual Studio 2010 levels, see Visual C++ Editions.
2. To learn more about Visual Web Developer 2010 Express capabilities, see Visual Web Developer Express.
3. When you install Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone, you also get Windows Phone Emulator, Expression Blend, XNA Game Studio, samples, and other SDK components. If Visual Studio 2010 Professional or higher is already installed on your development computer, an add-in for Visual Studio 2010 Professional is automatically installed as well. With the exception of a few debugging features, the add-in provides Windows Phone application development support equivalent to Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone.
4. This first release of Visual Basic support for the Windows Phone Developer Tools requires that you have Visual Studio 2010 Professional or higher, and does not yet support Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone.
5. To create cloud applications on Windows Azure, you must also install the Windows Azure SDK and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio.
