mWhat is the Diffrence between the newly VS.NET community edition to the VS.NET express editions in the past?
Is the express edition will be now only for web development and the community for everything?
Is it just for VS.NET 2013?
VS express was free but limited feature compared to all VS can do.
Now Visual studio is free (for individual developer not companies with a lot of developers) so community edition does not limit content visual studio offers.
microsoft VS link.
Community edition is the full fledged software, but you can't use it on enterprise (>5 users)
On the other hand, Express editions can be used in enterprise environments, but does not let you use plugins.
So in the end, as far as I can tell the choice is between plugins and enterprise.
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I know I know that there is a link which explain Visual Studio editions https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/compare/ this link explains only 2019 edition of community, enterprise and professional but I do not find enough information about Visual Studio 2012 Premium(with Blend) edition and I want to know if can it be used for commercial purposes for free and what are the restrictions and limitations of using it in commercial?
Quick answer: YES (By IANAL applies!)
Professional & Premium edition (and Enterprise/Ultimate) have always been usable for any commercial purpose. It is only Community editions that have specific limits (because free).
My question is What is difference between Visual Studio Express Edition for Desktop and
Visual Studio Community version?
I want use VS to create Desktop apps, currently I have ultimate version of VS2013, but I think mentioned versions are lighter and faster and FULL FREE for me because I don't use most of developing features like Team server or Testing tools or IntelliTrace, .... I want know the mentioned versions have full Windows API Support (Header files definition) like Ultimate/Enterprise versions?
Don't forget my first question: VS Express for Desktop vs Community, because both are FREE.
Community edition is the full fledged software, but you can't use it on enterprise (>5 users)
On the other hand, Express editions can be used in enterprise environments, but does not let you use plugins.
So in the end, as far as I can tell the choice is between plugins and enterprise. If it's just a product you are developing yourself, or an open source software, Community edition would be your best bet. On the other hand, if you want to try out the latest version at your work for free, then Express edition is for you.
Here is from the "source" :)
Differences between Visual Studio Community Edition and Express Editions
Here is a quote from that MSDN blog:
There are two main differences between Visual Studio Community Edition
and the Express Editions
1) Visual Studio Express Editions do not allow users to use extensions
(aka. plugins). There are over 5000 great plugins for Visual Studio
in Visual Studio Gallery. Plugins such as Developer Assistant can
boost developers’ productivity. Unfortunately, they are not available
to Visual Studio Express users. With Visual Studio Community
Edition, you can access and use All of them!
2) Visual Studio Express Editions are targeting specific platforms:
Express for Web allows you to develop Web apps; Express for Windows
allows you to develop Windows apps; Express for Windows Desktop allows
you to develop desktop apps. But with Visual Studio Community
Edition, you can develop projects targeting cross-platforms.
Community is like a full version of Visual Studio Professional, only they don't allow you to develop for commercial purposes (through the licence agreement). With the exception for developing apps that you sell in the Windows Store.
Why you would want Community (dito for VS Professional):
You can develop a mix of different projects in the same solution on the same IDE. With Express you develop asp.net and other web apps (Express for Web) in different IDE's than you would developing a Windows Forms applicaiton (Express for Win Forms).
You get full access to plugins that enhance the IDE, like code optimisation tools.
Other than Professional, Community is integrated with a lot of online collaboration sites. Like integration to GIT repos and Windows Azure hosting.
Express is like the old school express versions, if you used to use the old school express versions, you probably want to stick to it. It allows for commercial development, but they restrict the features of the IDE. And they make it harder to use by splitting the IDE to only handle Web Applications (like ASP.Net) in one IDE and a different IDE for handling Windows Forms. (In the past they also split the Win Forms IDEs to only handle one coding language like C# or VB).
Here is the official comparison
I think IntelliTrace is the most important part missing in the community edition. Cloning the repo some similar things are missing. but I don't think those are any real problems.
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.
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)
I am going to develop one application using Visual C# 2005 Express Edition specially in c#.
Actually this a commercial application for One of my client. Is it legal to sale this application for me and also for my client. What are limitations of this edition for commercial purpose...please help.Thanx in advance
Please see the FAQ:
Can I use Express Editions for commercial use?
there are no licensing restrictions
for applications built using Visual
Studio Express Editions.
In this spirit - you can use the VS 2008 Express edition as well... Newer, Better, and Also Free...