What is Visual Studio? The Microsoft Visual Studio development system is a suite of development tools designed to aid software developers—whether they are novices or seasoned professionals—face complex challenges and create innovative solutions. Visual Studio's role is to improve the process of development and make the work of achieving breakthroughs easier and more satisfying.
Q: I this for c++ programming? A: Yes, via Visual C++, as well as Visual C#, Visual Basic.NET, and it also supports F#, Python, and Ruby, XML/XSLT, HTML/XHTML, JavaScript and CSS.
Visual Studio 2005 Pro Full + MSSQL 2005 Expression
Overview
Microsoft offers Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition for professional developers working alone or in small teams who build mission-critical, multi-tier applications. The Professional Edition expands on the Standard Edition feature set to include tools for remote server development and debugging, SQL Server 2005 development, and a full, unconstrained development environment.
Professional developers will enjoy unfettered access to the .NET Framework 2.0, a robust, fully functional development environment, support for creating tools that extend the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment, and tools for creating multi-tier Windows and Web applications.
With Visual Studio 2005, professional developers can: • Enjoy a complete development environment with comprehensive application development features • Develop and debug multi-tier server applications from within the unified development environment • Build solutions for SQL Server 2005 using integrated project types, deployment tools, and debugging features • Build tools that extend the Visual Studio IDE using the Visual Studio SDK
System Requirements
* Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2
Visual Basic 6.0 Visual C++ 6.0 Visual InterDev 6.0 Visual FoxPro 6.0 Visual J++ 6.0 Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Enterprise Visual Database Tools for SQL and Oracle databases Team Development Support BackOffice Server 4.5 Developer Edition.