Aiming to reach a larger audience of software developers, Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced slimmed-down “Express” editions of its Visual Studio developer tool for specific programming languages.

Microsoft wants Windows developers to write Windows 8-specific, Metro-style, touch-friendly applications, and to make sure that they crank these apps out, the company has decided that Visual Studio 11 ...

Do you want to start quickly developing WinForms-based database applications? The VS 2005 and SQL Server 2005 Express combination offers many new features and tools to help you quickly build ...

The company is bringing back free tooling for Windows desktop apps after developers expressed frustration over the Visual Studio 2012 Express lineup. Microsoft has added Visual Studio 2012 Express for ...

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Microsoft has up the first three of sixteen video tutorials designed to teach novices the basics of application development with the Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions. Lesson 1: Getting Started with ...

Last month, we informed readers that Microsoft would be dropping desktop support from its free Visual Studio Express programming suite. This caused quite the uproar in the forums and clearly pushed ...

We can’t fault Microsoft for wanting developers to write Metro-style apps for Windows 8, but they aren’t just encouraging it, they are forcing the matter. Visual Studio 11 Express, the free-to-use ...

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