Visual Web Developer 2005 Express is a stand-alone, lightweight, easy-to-use Web-focused tool for building ASP.NET 2.0 applications. It includes everything you need to begin building Web applications, including fully functional Starter Kit applications and a built-in development/test Web server.

Visual Web Developer Express is intended for non-professional, hobbyist, and beginning Web developers who want to evaluate or learn how to build ASP.NET 2.0 Web applications.

Visual Web Developer Express and Visual InterDev are unrelated products, but address similar markets. Visual Web Developer Express is a member of the Visual Studio 2005 family and is designed exclusively for building Web applications and Web services. Previous users of Visual InterDev should find the streamlined interface of Visual Web Developer Express appealing.

Visual Web Developer 2005 Express supports development with Visual Basic and C#. Visual Web Developer Express also includes rich editors for HTML and XML.

No. Visual Web Developer 2005 Express comes with a built-in Web development server that enables you to build and test applications without a dependency on IIS. The server only accepts local requests and is only for build and test. Web applications built with Visual Web Developer can easily be deployed to IIS or your favorite hoster using the built-in copy Web tool.

ASP.NET Web Matrix is an unsupported tool released to help ASP.NET evaluators, hobbyists, and enthusiasts get started building Web applications. Visual Web Developer 2005 Express, on the other hand, is a member of the Visual Studio 2005 family. Most of the lessons learned, feedback, and top features from Web Matrix were integrated into Visual Web Developer 2005 Express during development, including many additional levels of features and functionality. If you liked ASP.

For questions on ASP.NET 2.0, please visit the ASP.NET Forum. For questions about Visual Web Developer Express, visit the Express Editions Forums.

Visual Basic 2005 Express is designed for hobbyists, first-time developers, and students looking for a fun and easy way to build Windows applications.

Visual C# 2005 Express is intended for hobbyists, students, and novices developing Windows applications.

Visual Basic 2008 Express includes a migration wizard that will help import existing Visual Basic 2005 Express projects. You may need to make some manual adjustments to the code you port over, but the migration wizard is a good first step towards moving your code forward.

You will need to download and install additional components. Please see the Visual Studio Developer Center for more information. No, each release of Visual Studio is tied to a specific version of the .NET Framework. The Express Editions can only be used to create applications that run on the .NET Framework 2.0.

With Visual C++ 2005 Express you can build both native and managed applications. Using the .NET Framework you can easily create Windows Forms, console, and class library applications. By downloading the Windows Platform SDK (freely available) you can build applications that take full advantage of the Win32 API. Web developers should use Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition. No, MFC and ATL are not included with Visual C++ 2005 Express.

Visual Basic 2005 Express can be used to build Windows applications, consoles (sometimes referred to as "command line applications") and reusable components. If you want to create interactive Web sites, you should use Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition which fully supports the Visual Basic language.

Generally speaking, yes. Please note that there have been some API changes between the betas and the official release, so you may have to make some updates to your code accordingly.

Install the Microsoft Platform SDK and Visual C++ 2005 and than you have to make steps written on http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/ . Import Freeswitch.sln and let's build. After importing you can ignore messages 'Solution folders are not supported in this version of Visual Studio."???The default build is the Debug build at the moment.

SQL Server 2005 Express is an easy-to-use and free version of SQL Server 2005 that is designed for building simple, data-driven applications.

The Visual Studio Express Editions are an expansion of the Visual Studio and SQL Server product line to include fun, simple and easy-to-learn tools for non-professional developers like hobbyists, students and novice developers who want to build dynamic Windows applications, Web sites, and Web services.

Version 1.14 of OpenH323 and version 1.7 of PWLib and all later revisions contain full support for VS.NET 2003. See the build instructions (section 4.5 above) for full information in compiling in that environment. Project files for VS.net 2005 and Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition were added on 26 June 2006 and are available in all later versions of the code.

Until more about the changes to browsers and other Web software has been announced publicly, it is impractical to be specific. W3C will update this FAQ as further information becomes available on changes to browsers and other Web software.

Solaris Express Developer Edition is a quarterly release of an OpenSolaris-based distribution from Sun. It is targeted for developers creating Solaris, Java, and Web 2.0 applications. Solaris Express Developer Edition 5/07 is the second release in this program. The primary components of the 5/07 release are: Includes the latest enhancements and technologies not yet released in Solaris 10, for example, GNOME 2.16 desktop, Thunderbird, Firefox, StarOffice 8, and various open source components.