What is the differance between microsoft visual basic 2005 and microsoft visual basic express 2005?

Question

What is the differance between microsoft visual basic 2005 and microsoft visual basic express 2005?

Answer 1

I don't believe you can get VIsual Basic 2005 as a separate product anymore. You have to either get Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition or get Visual Studio 2005, which includes Visual Basic 2005.



Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition is free, Visual Studio Standard Edition 2005 is $299. Professional Edition is $799.



Visual Studio includes all products, the express editions are single-language each.

Express Edition has no support for Mobile Devices.

Express Edition cannot create/modify tables and stored procedures on remote databases.

Express Edition has simplified MSDN documentation.

Express Edition does no provide the Class Designer or Object Test Bench.

Express Edition does not support Macros, Add-ins or Packages (partner products).

No Source Code Control is supported in Express Edition (it still costs extra in the Standard Edition, but at least it is supported).

No 64-bit compilation in Express Edition.

The Standard Edition includes SQL Server Express Edition, but that isn't important since you can download it and use it with Visual Basic Express Edition.



Professional Edition also supports XSLT, Crystal Reports, and Remote Debugging. And it includes SQL Server Developer Edition.



There are also licensing issues. You're not supposed to use any product generated in the Express Editions in a professional way. It's really meant for learning and for "developer hobbyists".



All that being said, the Express Editions are a great way to learn. You could easily learn with them and then move up to the Standard or Professional Editions at a company. I use Professional Edition at work, but for my personal home projects I use the Express Edition.

Answer 2

The express version does not support a number of features. First off, if I remember correctly you can only compile console applications and dlls (not sure about windows forms), but I know for sure you need Visual Web Developer express to do web sites since it doesn't come included like it does in VS.NET 2005.



Second, its missing some nice features for enterprise development like refactoring, testing and support for teams (project templates).



Ive had to use the express editions in some instances because I didn't have access to my msdn dvds.. Lets just say that its OK if you just need to create a quick patch or for training purposes, but if you plan to work professionally with it I would suggest getting hold of Visual Studio 2005.



I would not recommend learning visual basic unless you plan to develop windows applications. If you are going to write web applications you are much better off learning C# as this is the dominant language if you judge by the number of tutorials and open-source projects that are out there, not to mention the greater availability of jobs. Since the syntax is similar to Java, you could more easily transition between the languages.

Answer 3

you can get two or three pages print.