Visual Studio Express Edition 2005

[eltury]

Hi everyone!,,,new DEV rookie here, I hope someone has the patience to help
me out on this rather "dumb" question:

I am new to development, so please indulge me. I've downloaded two of the
Express Editions for 2005 (Visual C# and Web Development) and I've been
playing around with both and love it, so I'm serious about going all the way
with it and get C++, Visual Basic and SQL Server Express 2005 later, before
going to the 2008 versions.

My rookie question is this:
I know that all 5 programs mentioned above are considered "Visual Studio" as
a whole, so is there a way to download Visual Studio Express and get all of
them?.

As I work with either Web Developer or C#, sometimes I see a reference to do
something in "Studio", such as customizing the toolbox to add "Web Planner"
and other things, and they refer to "going to Studio's tools menu and
customize the toolbox, but since I don't have such "Studio" loaded, obviously
I can't find it, so IS STUDIO A WHOLE ENTIRE PROGRAM WITH THE OTHERS
"EMBEDDED" or am I doing something wrong? please help me clarify this issue,
and thanks in advance!

[Lawrence Garvin]

Post by eltury
Hi everyone!,,,new DEV rookie here, I hope someone has the patience to help
I am new to development, so please indulge me. I've downloaded two of the
Express Editions for 2005 (Visual C# and Web Development) and I've been
playing around with both and love it, so I'm serious about going all the way
with it and get C++, Visual Basic and SQL Server Express 2005 later, before
going to the 2008 versions.
I know that all 5 programs mentioned above are considered "Visual Studio" as
a whole, so is there a way to download Visual Studio Express and get all of
them?.

No. The four Visual Studio Express products, and SQL Server Express, are all
separate products.

Post by eltury
As I work with either Web Developer or C#, sometimes I see a reference to do
something in "Studio", such as customizing the toolbox to add "Web Planner"
and other things, and they refer to "going to Studio's tools menu and
customize the toolbox, but since I don't have such "Studio" loaded, obviously
I can't find it, so IS STUDIO A WHOLE ENTIRE PROGRAM WITH THE OTHERS
"EMBEDDED"

Yes, Visual Studio is the integrated development environment that contains
(VBasic, C#, Web, etc.)

http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio

[eltury]

So, if I am in C#'s IDE, for example, am actually in Visual Studio's IDE?
--
Thanks !

Post by Lawrence Garvin

Post by eltury
Hi everyone!,,,new DEV rookie here, I hope someone has the patience to help
I am new to development, so please indulge me. I've downloaded two of the
Express Editions for 2005 (Visual C# and Web Development) and I've been
playing around with both and love it, so I'm serious about going all the way
with it and get C++, Visual Basic and SQL Server Express 2005 later, before
going to the 2008 versions.
I know that all 5 programs mentioned above are considered "Visual Studio" as
a whole, so is there a way to download Visual Studio Express and get all of
them?.

No. The four Visual Studio Express products, and SQL Server Express, are all
separate products.

Post by eltury
As I work with either Web Developer or C#, sometimes I see a reference to do
something in "Studio", such as customizing the toolbox to add "Web Planner"
and other things, and they refer to "going to Studio's tools menu and
customize the toolbox, but since I don't have such "Studio" loaded, obviously
I can't find it, so IS STUDIO A WHOLE ENTIRE PROGRAM WITH THE OTHERS
"EMBEDDED"

Yes, Visual Studio is the integrated development environment that contains
(VBasic, C#, Web, etc.)
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio
--
Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP(x2), MCTS(x5), MCP(x7), MCBMSP
Senior Data Architect, APQC, Houston, Texas
Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2008)
MS WSUS Website: http://www.microsoft.com/wsus
My Websites: http://www.onsitechsolutions.com;
http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com
My MVP Profile: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Lawrence.Garvin

[Lawrence Garvin]

Post by eltury
So, if I am in C#'s IDE, for example, am actually in Visual Studio's IDE?

Well... actually.. yes. The interface is the same, only the features
available are different.

If you work on a C# project in Visual Studio Professional, or Team Edition,
you'll have exactly the same interface as in Visual Studio C# Express
Edition, just less features available to you.