In Brief

  • Even though an IDE such as Visual Studio .NET isn't required for development, it provides a number of productivity-enhancement features for multiple developers to work together on a business problem and rapidly develop applications.

  • Unlike Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Studio .NET provides a single environment for developing different kinds of solutions—Windows applications, Web applications, Web services, and even Smart Device applications.

  • Visual Studio .NET supports development in multiple programming languages. Four languages are supported inherently by Microsoft: Visual C#, Visual Basic .NET, Visual C++ .NET, and Visual J# .NET. Various third parties have also provided plug-ins and add-ons to Visual Studio .NET to support other programming ...

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