VB Express

[Zach]

I just downloaded the new VB 2005 Express...been a few years since I've
used Visual Basic so I'm essentially starting from scratch with the
dot-net thing. The one thing I'm curious about is, what (if any)
difference is there between VB 2005 Express and the VB 2005 Pro that
comes with MS Studio? Thanks

Zach

 

[Guest]

Zach,

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b4z62wxz.aspx

Kerry Moorman

 

[nime]

Those are only templates... The main difference is that Express is free : )
With Express you can do major things but if you need to do a spesific thing
maybe Express doesn't allow it... You cannot build a device driver as MS said,
for example... And Express doesn't contain any built-in web page designer,
another example.

 

[Zach]

My main interest is in application development...not too concerned with
device drivers. As far as the web designers, I think the Express
version of Visual Web Developer can be integrated into VB and the other
Express languages (C++, C#, etc.) to add that functionality but don't
quote me on it. I was mainly just trying to find out if VB Express was
limited/crippled in anyway as to make it useless for developing anything
but the simplest of apps. Thanks for your response.

Zach

 

[james]

I just downloaded the new VB 2005 Express...been a few years since I've
used Visual Basic so I'm essentially starting from scratch with the dot-net
thing. The one thing I'm curious about is, what (if any) difference is
there between VB 2005 Express and the VB 2005 Pro that comes with MS
Studio? Thanks

Zach

Another limitation that you may or may not find so limiting, is having only
ClickOnce Deployment for
deploying your applications. There are no Setup Projects and there are also
limitations on Add-ins.
As for me, I like the Standard Edition of Visual Studio 2005. It's priced
reasonably and has all the features
that I need, including multiple Setup Options.
james