The Visual Studio Product Line
With Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft has simplified the product line. There are now only three primary editions of the tool: professional, premium, and ultimate. This should make it easier to understand which tool you need for your development and price point. At a high level, these tools are differentiated as follows (each addition assumes an MSDN subscription, too):
• Professional—Includes the basic features of the IDE to build applications of all types on all .NET languages. Includes support for writing, debugging, and testing code.
• Premium—Builds on top of the Professional edition to include many features targeted toward the enterprise developer for testing and verifying code. Also includes database development ...
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