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• Charlie Johnson Posts: 147

  2006-05-21 02:49 edited 2006-05-21 02:49

  The express editions are free forever... The November date has been dropped.
• KB3JJG Posts: 95

  2006-05-21 14:29 edited 2006-05-21 14:29

  Watch a few videos http://www.learn2asp.net/Campaign.aspx···and you can get a full version of studio 2005 standard!· Promo is going through june, this is a
  MS supported promotion, not just some marketing gimmick!
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• Kevin Wood Posts: 1,266

  2006-05-21 22:28 edited 2006-05-21 22:28

  Also, for anybody interested in learning Visual Studio, here is another website worth looking at:
  
  www.learnvisualstudio.net
• Bruce Bates Posts: 3,045

  2006-05-22 04:59 edited 2006-05-22 04:59

  Kevin (or anyone else) -
  
  Would you care to give the 25-words or less answer to "What is Visual Studio"?
  
  Thanks
  
  Regards,
  
  Bruce Bates
  
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• John R. Posts: 1,376

  2006-05-22 11:16 edited 2006-05-22 11:16

  Visual Studio is Micro$oft's IDE for developing Windows applications. It is the environment that is used to program Visual Basic, C# (a "C like" wrapper on VB), C++, J++. You can develop Windows, web, pocket PC, and "command line" applications. There are various "levels" (standard, pro, enterprise, etc.) that include various features for data access, network applications and deployment. All versions include editing, debugging and compiling tools.
  
  In the context of working with uControllers, it would be used for making applications running on a PC that interfaced with a Stamp/SX/Propeller (or other uController).
  
  Probably more words than you wanted, but I hope short enough.
  
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• Kevin Wood Posts: 1,266

  2006-05-22 14:19 edited 2006-05-22 14:19

  To add to what John R. said:
  
  The "Visual" part of the name comes from the fact that you can "visually" create applications by dragging and dropping components onto forms to build (much of) your applications.
  
  For anybody thinking of using Visual Studio, try to take advantage of the above mentioned promo for the standard version. It offers quite a bit more functionality than the Express versions, and is a good deal. Especially if you are interested in C++, as it has better support for creating native Windows apps that don't use/require the .Net framework.