
Provides suggestions to class names when specified classes are not found. Includes the visual Windows Presentation Foundation designer codenamed "Cider". Visual Basic 2008 Express includes the following improvements over 2005: Limited deployment options for finished programs. No support for creating Windows Services (needs a separate project template).
Limited options for debugging and breakpoints. Windows services template and Excel Workbook template are unavailable) No support for developing for mobile devices (no templates or emulators). No support for web applications with ASP.NET (although, it is supported by Visual Web Developer Express). No IDE support for databases other than SQL Server Express and Microsoft Access. Visual Basic Express has the following limitations: Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone (2010 only). Visual Web Developer Express ( ASP.NET). Visual J# Express (the ill-fated J# language, 2005 only). Visual C++ Express (the Visual C++ language). Visual Basic Express (the Visual Basic. The 2005, 2008, and 2010 versions of Visual Studio Express consist of several standalone IDEs, each of which is focused on a single programming language: While most of its components (see below) ran on Windows XP, its Windows Phone component needed Windows Vista. Visual Studio 2010 Express was released in April 2010, alongside Visual Studio 2010. Microsoft introduced mandatory registration in this version. This version requires Windows XP SP3, although it can develop apps compatible with Windows 2000. Its first service pack was first publicly available in on 11 August 2008. Visual Studio 2008 Express reached general availability in November 2007. This version is freeware and requires no registration.
The first service pack for 2005 Express was released in December 2006. Visual Studio 2005 Express, the first version of the Express edition, was released in October 2005. The last version of the Express edition is the desktop-only 2017.Ģ005–2010: Language-centric editions History In 2013, Microsoft began supplanting Visual Studio Express with the more feature-rich community edition of Visual Studio, which is available free of charge with a different license that disallow some scenarios in enterprise settings. Express editions started with Visual Studio 2005. They are function-limited version of the non-free Visual Studio and require mandatory registration. Microsoft Visual Studio Express is a set of integrated development environments (IDEs) that Microsoft developed and released free of charge. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.