There is *no* Visual Studio Express Edition.
There are several Express Editions.
Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition ( good for web development in C#
and VB.net )
Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition ( good for desktop and console apps
only )
Visual C# 2005 Express Edition ( good for desktop and console apps only )
Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition ( good for desktop and console apps
only )
Visual J# 2005 Express Edition ( good for desktop and console apps only )
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition ( a scaled-down version of SQL Server
2005 )
Each of those editions are a part of Visual Studio 2005, which has them
all.
There's several editions of Visual Studio 2005, in turn.
Standard, Professional and Visual Studio Team System.
Each of them has features with different prices.
Testers, Developers and Architects can opt for special editions of
Visual Studio Team System, which have specialized features for each of
their needs.
There's a chart comparing the features in all editions at :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/default.aspx
Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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