Editions
I feel like a marketing guy saying so, but to “differentiate between the needs for various software development groups,” Visual Studio 2010 is available in different editions. Here’s an overview:
• Visual Studio Express Editions are targeted at hobbyist developers and students, providing a great way to get rich tooling support to explore the .NET platform and various languages. Individual downloads for Visual C#, Visual Basic, Visual C++, and Visual Web Developer (targeting ASP.NET website development) can be found at www.microsoft.com/express. Notice there’s also an Express Edition of SQL Server 2008 R2, giving access to a superb relational database engine (with a couple of enforced restrictions). To complete the family, a new Windows ...
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