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...
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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).
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.
I'm in the process of deciding whether or not to use Visual Studio 2012 Express for Desktop or purchase a retail copy of Visual Studio 2012 Professional for my desktop program. The program is built using C# though portions of it may include F#.
From what I've gathered so far, the express edition supports NuGet, Unit Testing, and Code Analysis. It mentions a subset of Code Analysis rules are used but I'm unsure how they compare to the professional edition as well as FxCop/StyleCop.
I'm assuming the express edition lacks extension support but the only extension I really cared about was NuGet. I also assume it doesn't include a TFS CAL despite having the ability to connect to TFS. This again isn't an issue as I'm using Perforce for source control. I also understand that this version is limited to desktop style applications only, but have so far only seen mention C++ and C#. Does it support F#?
Can someone clue me in as to any other limitations of 2012 Express for Desktop? Are there any license limitations for developing a commercial application?
In the past, MS included express editions as part of their version comparison. But when they updated their site for 2012, they separated out the express editions and offer little to no detail.
There are few limitation I can gather :
First of all there are different IDE's for different use
Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web.
Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8
Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop.
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Express 2012
Express editions of the IDE omit the following features included in the Professional editions
Multi-unit testing framework and refactoring support
Static code analysis, profiling, and HLSL editing and debugging
Third-party extensibility support (though the Extension Manager feature is still present)
OpenMP support
But there are few positives I explore in 2012 :
Unlike previous version
Solution is allowed, you can create multiple projects in a single solutions.
64bit compilations support is there.
If working in single or less than 5 person team, express is the way to go.
It definitely bring much more new and unlock features than it predecessors.
As you receive a product key if you register I think it confirms that you then are free to use VS 2012 Express as you like.
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads#d-2010-express say:
"After installation, you can try this product for up to 30 days. You
must register to obtain a free product key for ongoing use after 30
days."
"Productivity Power Tools 2012" cannot be installed on VS2012 Express edition, hence such features like "Entity Framework Reverse Engineer Code First" won't be available, which is critical to migrate existing apps's DB into Model's classes.
Portable Class Libraries are not supported in express versions. (You can reference PCL dlls, you just can't work with PCL projects.)
F# is available for VS Express 2012 for Web
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/fsharpteam/archive/2012/09/12/announcing-the-release-of-f-tools-for-visual-studio-express-2012-for-web.aspx
Looks like NuGet worked with VS 2010 Express Web so I would expect it to work with 2012
http://docs.nuget.org/docs/start-here/nuget-faq
Professional gives you a lot of the profiling and static analysis tools. I couldn't find out how the FxCop rules differ.
What are the limitations of VS2010 C# Express Edition compared with the paid for versions? I was mostly looking into what sort of applications I can build, in VS Express I only have the option of Console, Winform and DLL, etc. I read that you can build services and add - ins for office programs, is this functionality available in Professional/Ultimate etc versions? Thanks.
There's a comparison chart here - You'll need VS Professional to develop Office Plugins.
Although previous version, there is a definitive overview of the VS2008 Express limitations in in this SO Question
Wikipedia also explains the differences.
Edit
The comparison chart link is dead. For 2012:
Visual Studio 2012 (Web Only) comparison is here, and in this Programmer's post
This SO post addresses the Desktop comparison.
The Express edition does not come with, nor does it grant you permission to distribute, the Microsoft C++ runtime redistributable packages. So the users of the software you build with the Express edition will have to download & run the installers themselves.
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)