Free development environment by Microsoft.
Visual Studio 2008 Express is the
free programming environment created by Microsoft to develop applications and webs for Windows systems.
An ideal program for beginners, it is compatible with all the programming languages developed by Microsoft:
Visual Basic, C++, C#, SQL Server and J#.
Each language comes with it's own
personalized interface, that have a common
library and share some
tools, like the automatic code completer, configuration assistant, and organization structure, that make this programming environment a lot more productive than it's predecessors.
With
Visual Studio 2008 Express we will be able to create our own Windows application, develop innovative web sites and applications, and addictive
games.
Since it was mainly designed for beginners, it has an interactive
Learning Center for starting programmers, that includes
videos and
tutorials that will show them how to start writing their first lines of code for Windows systems.
A brilliant way to access Microsoft's development tools
free of charge, ideal for beginners, that will allow us to develop applications
worthy of a professional designer.
Requirements: This
download is an installer that requires an Internet connection.
Note: Once installed you can test it for 30 days before you have to register at the Microsoft servers to use it
free of charge.