Visual Studio offers a comprehensive development environment to help Web developers
build standards-based Web applications and services. It improves productivity by
allowing users to rapidly develop, test and deploy Web solutions. Learn more on the Visual Studio website.
Visual Studio offers a free version aimed at Web developers. With Visual Web Developer
Express, you get a full featured web development environment for working with ASP.NET,
Javascript and Web standards. Best of all, it’s free as part of the Microsoft Web
Platform.
Download it now.
Why you'll work faster and smarter
Easy to get. Free to use
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. Download it now.
Standards-Friendly
Easily create standards-based Web sites and expand your audience by making your
Web sites accessible from a range of browsers and devices. Easily work with XHTML
and CSS through Visual Studio’s extensive palette of tools for quickly accessing
XHTML and CSS properties. Create clean HTML markup and CSS layouts using ASP.NET 4
to be standard compliant. Use the built-in tools to ensure your website is XHTML
or WCAG compliance.
Javascript Front and Center
Features such as syntax highlighting and formatting along with other Intellisense
support helps you work better with Javascript. Take advantage of the enhanced debugging
support for Javascript and step-through and debug Javascript just like a server
side programming language. In addition, Visual Studio fully supports 3rd party Javascript
frameworks such as jQuery with features such as code auto-completion.
IntelliSense Everywhere
Improve your productivity with Intellisense for everything from server side programming
languages such as C# and VB to markup, style sheets and Javascript libraries. Features
such as syntax highlighting and auto-completion help you organize your code better
and work faster. Method summary and parameter descriptions help you make informed
choices without switching context.
Rich Design Surface
Increase productivity with multi-monitor support.
Work in the source view with markup, use the design view to see the rendered layout
or use split view to work with both at the same time. Take advantage of the ability
to create multiple horizontal or vertical tab groups to compare files.
Your Manager
Manage your entire application using our comprehensive development environment.
Work with web pages, classes and client libraries using the Solution Explorer. Use
CSS management tools to create and edit style sheets. Connect to servers and databases
using the Server Explorer. You can also incorporate web services or rich internet
applications and deploy to Web servers all without ever leaving the environment.
Squash Bugs
Benefit from the rich debugging functionality. Test Web applications using the built-in
development server. Debug server side code written in C# or VB, client side script
written in Javascript or even stored procedures written using SQL. Attach to processes,
set breakpoints, step-through code, inspect variables, call stacks and more, all
at your fingertips. Debug your web application in a browser of your choice letting verify
cross-browser compatibility.
Free!
Start taking advantage of Visual Studio today. With Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010
Express, you get all the tools you need to start building web sites, applications and
services free! Visual Web Developer is included as part of the Microsoft Web Platform. What
are you waiting for?
Everything you need to get started, FREE with a single streamlined installer.
