Introduction to Express Editions
Overview of the editions
Microsoft is providing the lightweight versions of Visual Studio 2005 for beginner and hobbyist developers. These free-to-download editions are known as Express Editions. The following Express Editions are available for free download:
§ Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition - for developing ASP.NET web applications.
§ Visual C # 2005 Express Editions - for developing applications using the C# language.
§ Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition - for developing applications using the Visual Basic language.
§ Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition - for developing applications using the Visual C++ language.
§ Visual J # 2005 Express Editions - for developing applications using the Visual J# language.
§ SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - for database development.
More information on these products can be found at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/
