I work for a relatively small company and with a change to our servers etc., I am being asked if Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition will work for me.
I mainly use Visual Studio to create and Deploy SSRS Reports, but I would like to have a 'full' version of Visual Studio rather than a 'limited', scaled back version - for other development [SSIS, SSAS, VB.Net] I do from time to time.
Is there a way to stick with VS Community, do I need an upgraded license such as VS Pro, or is there another option?
According to this post, SSIS, SSAS and SSRS are now extensions, and you should be able to install extensions in the VS2019 Community Edition.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/0a98a3af-91d0-4f00-8673-4ff53c12e738/how-to-use-ssrs-in-community-visual-studio-2019?forum=aspsqlserverreporting
The best thing is just to try it. All you stand to lose is a couple of hours. If it doesn't work, then you know they'll need to spring for a Professional Edition.
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I would like to use two scenarios:
In first I would like to mix Visual Studio Community and Visual Studio 2015 Professional.
In second scenario I would like to mix Visual Studio 2013 Express and Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate.
Assuming that seniors will use Ultimate/Professional and other devs will use Community/Express:
Is there any differences which one will create solution? Can I create solution using Ultimate and use it with Express without any loss for Ultimate and Express versions?
Is there any differences which one will compile solution? If Express compile whole solution, will be any performance loss in comparison to compilation made by Ultimate?
VS2013
I currently work in an environment where there are people using VS2013 Ultimate, VS2013 Pro, and VS2013 Express. This project has been going for over a year and we haven't had any issues with managing the solution or solution compilation.
VS2015
I don't have any experience with VS2015 in the scenarios outlined, but based on my experience with VS2013, I can't imagine there would be any differences for your 2 questions. FYI: You can find a comparison of the VS2015 products and features here
FWIW:
We actually had some people who were using VS2013 Express upgrade to VS2015 community and that is the only time we had an issue. I can't seem to find what the issue was; but it was something with the way VS2015 did things.
I am considering creating a simple ribbon tab with a few options that would significantly increase my productivity at work.
As far as I see from MSDN, I can only do this by using MS Visual Studio, but I don't really want to purchase one (though I am keen to share the code as an open source project).
Do you know if I can do this using Community Edition of the software or I need a Professional edition at least?
Answer is Yes, i.e you can do this using Community edition of Visual Studio.
If i can ask this here: since there is tons of people that use Visual Studio here i would like to know why i should buy Visual Studio Professional.
I'm using Visual Studio Express.
What i can do/ or what/why it would make my life easy with Pro edition?
And one think that i don't get, i need to renew every year it?
Or is it lifetime?
I just renew if i want a new version?
The "plugins" is really better or can i live without it?
The table in Microsoft site don't compare express version with others.
Ty
You shouldn't buy it, at least not if you're a solo developer or small company.
Microsoft now provide their Visual Studio Community Edition at no cost, and it's a big step up from the Express editions.
Visual Studio Community 2013 includes all the great functionality of Visual Studio Professional 2013, designed and optimized for individual developers, students, open source contributors, and small teams.
So, if you're a small shop, that's the one I'd be looking at.
Ok, I have looked around on SO and haven't been able to find an answer to this question, but forgive me if I missed one out there. It's difficult to refine the search terms for this one.
But anyways, I have VS 2010 C# Express. I'm planning on doing some collaboration in my code (that was made entirely in Express) with someone who owns VS 2010 Ultimate. I have been putting off upgrading to the paid version of VS 2010 because of the price - if at all possible I would rather not upgrade. We are going to collaborate using Tortoise SVN as our version control software.
Will it be an issue for me to continue to work with the Express version while my collaborator works on VS 2010 Ultimate? To what degree will it be an issue, etc?
Follow-up question: If I have to upgrade to a paid version, would I have to upgrade to Ultimate, or would Professional be sufficient?
I have no experience with VS 2010 yet, but can offer observations based on VS 2008, using svn for source control.
I have only had one minor issue with using both the VB Express edition and VS2008 Standard and Professional versions on the same project. The express version does not support solution folders. I use a solution folder to allow quick access to some configuration files from the ide. The express version does not display the solution folder, but the remainser of the solution loads sucessfully, including all the included projects.
Well, my collaborator and I have started work, and no issues so far. Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate and Visual Studio Express are pretty much compatible, except for the Solutions folders, as described by B Pete.
Could anyone guide me as what is the difference among the following,
1) Visual Studio Express Edition
2)Visual Studio Professioanl Edition
3) Microsoft .Net
And is there any thing like Visual Studio.Net?
Please guide me, as I am currently working on express edition, but my other colleaques are working on different environment which I don't know (language is same for all developers i.e. VB), and I need to do some working on their implemented codes as well.
Please guide me,
Regards
Asad
"Microsoft .NET" is a platform rather than an IDE. It's not really comparable with the other two.
The Express editions of Visual Studio are basically cut down versions of the commercial editions. In particular, Express doesn't allow plug-ins such as ReSharper to run - but there are various other limitations too. If you're a professional software developer, you should almost certainly ask your company to provide you with VS Professional (or higher, but Pro will probably be fine). You certainly can develop in Express, but it's really designed for hobbyists rather than professional developers.
Visual Studio was called Visual Studio .NET just for two releases - 2002 and 2003.
The .Net framework is a collection of libraries.
Visual Studio Professional is the paid edition of Visual Studio Express.
There is also a Standard Edition which has less functionality than the Pro version.
One difference between Express and Pro is that the Pro Edition has the possibility to connect to a database (like SQL Manager studio)