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I am starting to develop apps for Windows 8 Phone. There are three IDEs that I have come across for development purposes:
VS2012 Professional
VS2012 Express
VS 2012 Ultimate
Which IDE should I use, and why?
That decision is a little bit depend from what you want to achieve. If you are a professional and want to earn money with your development, i would recommend the Professional.
If you do this just for fun or are a programming beginner, the Express Edition really is enough. If you get more professional you still can upgrade to the Professional Version at any time. Furthermore Express Edition is for free.
So if you reach the limits of the Express Edition you will notice it, don't worry.
Visual Studio Professional will let you develop for more all platforms i.e. Phone, Desktop, Store, Web etc, you will be able to use extensions and plugins and it is free.
Visual Studio Express is free but you cannot use extensions and you need one Visual Studio Express for each platform.
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I just started at a new company and on my computer I have:
VS 2003
VS 2005
VS 2008
VS 2010
VS 2012
VS 2013
We do have old apps we support but the plan is to upgrade them as we need to make changes to them.I should be able to open any app in VS 2013 correct? Whether its C# or VB
Do I need all these versions?
If no .NET 1.1 stuffs, you can remove VS 2003.
If no compact framework, VS 2008 is not needed.
VS 2013 does provide all the rest generally speaking.
Exceptions do exist, such as
VS 2013 does not support many old frameworks such as MVC 1/2
VS 2013 doesn't support old versions of Silverlight.
The answer is clearly No to the part of your question about opening any app in VS2013. Microsoft have removed support for some project types over the years, so you can not open "any app" in VS2013
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Is it possible to use Visual Studio 2015 CTP 6 for a production environment?
Checked VS homepage for info but couldn't find any.
It is possible but you do so at your own risk. The download page for Visual Studio 2015 Preview says clearly that the software is not intended for use on production computers, or to create production code. The relevant text from that page says:
NOTE Visual Studio 2015 Preview and .NET 4.6 Preview are for testing
and feedback purposes only. This release is unsupported and are not
intended for use on production computers, or to create production
code. We strongly recommend only installing this release in a virtual
machine, or on a computer that is available for reformatting.
The rule of thumb is that CTP build usually has no 'Go Live' support and anything can change dramatically.
In a later Beta or RC build, you might read from Visual Studio team blog at MSDN they will announce Go Live support.
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I am using Windows 7 32-bit OS. I want to install Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2010.
Please share any links which provides the free full version of these softwares.
Thanks a lot for your time..
Well, you'll find all the steps explained once you buy the software packages. :)
But till then, you can download the free Express Editions as well.
I'm not sure if older versions are still available, but be careful if you're trying to download them from third party sites.
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Can somebody list out the tools needed to develop for windows phone? How do I test my app apart from the emulator? Are there test phones available? I don't want to go through the installation of VS 2010 express.
You can download the test tools here (web installer).
If you don't want to use the web installer, you can download an ISO here.
You cannot test your application outside the emulator - only on the actual Windows Phone 7 device - WP7 apps run on a specific subset of .NET Framework that cannot be compared directly to any other .NET application type. The actual phone is only available to small groups of developers for testing purposes only and to Microsoft employees.
If you have a commercial version of Visual Studio 2010 installed, you don't need the Express edition.
Everything you need is at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=04704acf-a63a-4f97-952c-8b51b34b00ce&displaylang=en which includes a list of everything that gets installed. You sort of need to have some flavor of VS2010 installed.
You'll need Visual Studio 2010 and the Windows Phone 7 SDK/Tools. You can use your pre-existing Visual Studio 2010 installation, or use the bundled Express SKU. That'll install the project template and emulator into the IDE.
Once the phones have launched, you should be able to deploy to the phone, and run it there.
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I am a novice freelancer providing .NET solutions. Currently I have a Student version of Visual Studio that I am working. But, If I want to deliver solutions to the clients, do I need to have buy the VS license?
For instance, I got a requirement from a client (does'nt have VS license) to build a web application in godaddy. In this case, does we both need to purchase license?
Is there any alternative like developing the application in web developer express edition and publish that using Nant tools?
Thanks in advance,
Kris
Use the Visual Studio Express edition. There are no limitations regarding commercial use.
From FAQ
Can I use Express Editions for
commercial use? Yes, there are no
licensing restrictions for
applications built using Visual Studio
Express Editions.
Microsoft just released a new version of Visual Studio - Visual Studio Community.
It is the equivalent of Visual Studio 2013 Professional but free for students, open source software projects, and small teams (less than 5).
I am not a lawyer and this is not a site to get legal questions answer. But in general, you cannot use student versions to deliver commercial products. Also, depending on the software each machine has to use it's own license of the software.
If you're talking about Visual Studio 2010 Express, then there's a thread here on the MSDN forums that states: "Provided that you comply with all the License Terms for a particular Express release, the 2010 Express SKUS can be used to create commercial software."