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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Microsoft Visual Studio Express</b> was a set of <a href="/wiki/Integrated_development_environment" title="Integrated development environment">integrated development environments</a> (IDEs) that <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> developed and <a href="/wiki/Freeware" title="Freeware">released free of charge</a>. They are function-limited version of the non-free <a href="/wiki/Visual_Studio" title="Visual Studio">Visual Studio</a> and require mandatory registration.<sup id="cite_ref-registration_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-registration-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Express editions started with Visual Studio 2005. </p><p>In 2013, Microsoft began supplanting Visual Studio Express with the more feature-rich Community edition of Visual Studio, which is available free of charge<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a different license that disallow some scenarios in enterprise settings. The last version of the Express edition is the desktop-only 2017. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2005–2010:_Language-centric_editions"><span id="2005.E2.80.932010:_Language-centric_editions"></span>2005–2010: Language-centric editions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Visual_Studio_Express&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: 2005–2010: Language-centric editions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History">History</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Visual_Studio_Express&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Visual Studio 2005 Express, the first version of the Express edition, was released in October 2005. It runs on <a href="/wiki/Windows_2000" title="Windows 2000">Windows 2000 SP4</a> and later. The first <a href="/wiki/Service_pack" title="Service pack">service pack</a> for 2005 Express was released in December 2006. This version is freeware and requires no registration. </p><p>Visual Studio 2008 Express reached general availability in November 2007. Its first service pack was first publicly available in on 11 August 2008. This version requires <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP_SP3" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows XP SP3">Windows XP SP3</a>, although it can develop apps compatible with Windows 2000. Microsoft introduced mandatory registration in this version.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Visual Studio 2010 Express was released in April 2010, alongside Visual Studio 2010. While most of its components (see below) ran on Windows XP, its <a href="/wiki/Windows_Phone" title="Windows Phone">Windows Phone</a> component needed <a href="/wiki/Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Visual_Studio_Express&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2005, 2008, and 2010 versions of Visual Studio Express consist of several standalone IDEs, each of which is focused on a single programming language: </p> <ul><li>Visual Basic Express (the <a href="/wiki/Visual_Basic_.NET" class="mw-redirect" title="Visual Basic .NET">Visual Basic .NET</a> language)</li> <li>Visual C++ Express (the <a href="/wiki/Visual_C%2B%2B" class="mw-redirect" title="Visual C++">Visual C++</a> language)</li> <li>Visual C# Express (the <a href="/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C#</a> language)</li> <li>Visual J# Express (the ill-fated <a href="/wiki/J_Sharp" class="mw-redirect" title="J Sharp">J#</a> language, 2005 only)</li> <li>Visual Web Developer Express (<a href="/wiki/ASP.NET" title="ASP.NET">ASP.NET</a>)</li> <li>Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone (2010 only)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Visual_Basic_Express">Visual Basic Express</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Visual_Studio_Express&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Visual Basic Express"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Visual Basic Express has the following limitations:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>No IDE support for databases other than <a href="/wiki/SQL_Server_Express" title="SQL Server Express">SQL Server Express</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Access" title="Microsoft Access">Microsoft Access</a></li> <li>No support for web applications with <a href="/wiki/ASP.NET" title="ASP.NET">ASP.NET</a> (although, it is supported by Visual Web Developer Express)</li> <li>No support for developing for mobile devices (no templates or <a href="/wiki/Emulator" title="Emulator">emulators</a>)</li> <li>Absence of <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Reports" title="Crystal Reports">Crystal Reports</a></li> <li>Fewer project templates (e.g. Windows services template and Excel Workbook template are unavailable)</li> <li>Limited options for <a href="/wiki/Debugging" title="Debugging">debugging</a> and <a href="/wiki/Breakpoint" title="Breakpoint">breakpoints</a></li> <li>No support for creating <a href="/wiki/Windows_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Service">Windows Services</a> (needs a separate project template)</li> <li>No support for <a href="/wiki/OpenMP" title="OpenMP">OpenMP</a></li> <li>Limited deployment options for finished programs</li> <li>No <a href="/wiki/Code_folding" title="Code folding">code folding</a></li></ul> <p>Visual Basic 2008 Express includes the following improvements over 2005: </p> <ul><li>Includes the visual <a href="/wiki/Windows_Presentation_Foundation" title="Windows Presentation Foundation">Windows Presentation Foundation</a> designer codenamed "Cider"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debugging" title="Debugging">Debugs</a> at runtime</li> <li>Better <a href="/wiki/IntelliSense" class="mw-redirect" title="IntelliSense">IntelliSense</a> support <ul><li>Fixes common spelling errors</li> <li>Corrects most forms of invalid <a href="/wiki/Syntax_(programming_languages)" title="Syntax (programming languages)">syntax</a></li> <li>Provides suggestions to <a href="/wiki/Class_(computer_science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class (computer science)">class</a> names when specified classes are not found</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Visual Basic 2005 and Visual Basic 2008 Express feature a Visual Basic 6.0 converter that makes it possible to upgrade Visual Basic 6.0 projects to Visual Basic.NET. The converter is not included with the Visual Basic 2010 Express. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Visual_Web_Developer_Express">Visual Web Developer Express</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Visual_Studio_Express&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Visual Web Developer Express"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Visual Web Developer Express is a freeware <a href="/wiki/Web_development" title="Web development">web development</a> tool<sup id="cite_ref-vse_faq_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vse_faq-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that allows developers to evaluate the web development and editing capabilities of the other Visual Studio editions at no charge. Its main function is to create <a href="/wiki/ASP.NET" title="ASP.NET">ASP.NET</a> websites. It has a <a href="/wiki/WYSIWYG" title="WYSIWYG">WYSIWYG</a> interface, drag-and-drop user <a href="/wiki/Interface_designer" class="mw-redirect" title="Interface designer">interface designer</a>, enhanced <a href="/wiki/HTML" title="HTML">HTML</a> and code editors, a limited database explorer, support for <a href="/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets" class="mw-redirect" title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</a>, <a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a> and <a href="/wiki/XML" title="XML">XML</a>, and integrated, design-time validation for standards including <a href="/wiki/XHTML" title="XHTML">XHTML</a> 1.0/1.1 and CSS 2.1. </p><p>Visual Web Developer 2005 Express lacks certain features, such as the Accessibility Checker, the ability to create standalone class library projects, third-party add-ins and macros.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Visual Web Developer 2008 Express SP1 supports both class library and web application projects.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also includes a new integrated HTML designer based on <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Expression_Web" title="Microsoft Expression Web">Microsoft Expression Web</a>. However, this edition cannot publish self-developed websites.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="What can it publish then? (August 2013)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Visual_C++_Express"><span id="Visual_C.2B.2B_Express"></span>Visual C++ Express</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Visual_Studio_Express&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Visual C++ Express"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Visual C++ Express compiles <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_.NET" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft .NET">.NET</a> and <a href="/wiki/Win32" class="mw-redirect" title="Win32">Win32</a> applications in <a href="/wiki/32-bit" class="mw-redirect" title="32-bit">32-bit</a> only.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It includes <a href="/wiki/Windows_SDK" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows SDK">Windows SDK</a>'s compilers and core files, which developers can use to build Win32 applications. </p><p>Limitations of Visual C++ Express: </p> <ul><li>No support for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Foundation_Class_Library" title="Microsoft Foundation Class Library">MFC</a> or <a href="/wiki/Active_Template_Library" title="Active Template Library">ATL</a>. These libraries can, however, be installed from an older version of the Windows SDK and <a href="/wiki/Windows_Driver_Kit" title="Windows Driver Kit">Windows Driver Kit</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or a Visual Studio Trial installation.</li> <li>Lack of a <a href="/wiki/Resource_(Windows)" title="Resource (Windows)">resource</a> editor, which is available in commercial editions of Visual Studio.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No <a href="/wiki/Profiling_(computer_programming)" title="Profiling (computer programming)">profiling</a> support</li> <li>No support for add-ins or IDE macros</li> <li>No option for crash dump generation</li> <li>No "list of all breakpoints" window.</li> <li>No support for cross-language debugging, for example, a C# application calling a <a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> DLL.</li></ul> <p>Limitations in earlier versions: </p> <ul><li>No out-of-box support for developing <a href="/wiki/64-bit" class="mw-redirect" title="64-bit">64-bit</a> applications (prior to 2012).</li> <li>No support for <a href="/wiki/OpenMP" title="OpenMP">OpenMP</a> (prior to 2012)</li> <li>The debugger cannot be attached to a running process (prior to 2010)</li></ul> <p>While Microsoft lists memory windows as unavailable in Visual Studio 2010 Express,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> third parties have reported that they are available when Expert Settings are enabled.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many open-source projects have started providing project files created with Visual C++ Express; noteworthy examples include the <a href="/wiki/OGRE_Engine" class="mw-redirect" title="OGRE Engine">Ogre</a> and <a href="/wiki/Irrlicht_Engine" title="Irrlicht Engine">Irrlicht</a> engines. Modding kits for commercial engines, such as Valve's <a href="/wiki/Source_engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Source engine">Source engine</a>, also support this development system.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Visual_C#_Express"><span id="Visual_C.23_Express"></span>Visual C# Express</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Visual_Studio_Express&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Visual C# Express"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Visual C# Express is a free, lightweight, integrated development environment (IDE) designed for novice developers, students and hobbyists to create applications and (when combined with the <a href="/wiki/XNA_Game_Studio" class="mw-redirect" title="XNA Game Studio">XNA Game Studio</a>) video games for Windows, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zune" title="Zune">Zune</a>. It can build <a href="/wiki/Command-line_interface" title="Command-line interface">console</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windows_Forms" title="Windows Forms">Windows Forms</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windows_Presentation_Foundation" title="Windows Presentation Foundation">Windows Presentation Foundation</a> applications, and class libraries. </p><p>Microsoft has found that a substantial community of game players are taking up C# programming.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Visual C# Express does not have a breakpoint control panel; breakpoints can only be toggled. The following <a href="/wiki/Refactor" class="mw-redirect" title="Refactor">refactoring</a> modes were also unavailable:<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Encapsulate_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Encapsulate Field">Encapsulate field</a></li> <li>Promote local to parameter</li> <li>Reorder parameters</li> <li>Remove parameters</li> <li>Extract interface</li></ul> <p>The limitations effectively reduce the refactoring capabilities of Visual C# Express to renaming and extracting <a href="/wiki/Method_(programming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Method (programming)">methods</a>. According to Microsoft, the reason the listed features are absent is "to simplify the C# Express user experience". Some users remarked that the omission of refactoring capabilities removed useful functionality without actually simplifying use.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ability to attach the debugger to an already-running process is also unavailable, hindering scenarios such as writing Windows services and re-attaching a debugger under <a href="/wiki/ASP.NET" title="ASP.NET">ASP.NET</a> when errors under the original debugging session cause breakpoints to be ignored. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2012–2017:_Ecosystem-centric"><span id="2012.E2.80.932017:_Ecosystem-centric"></span>2012–2017: Ecosystem-centric</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Visual_Studio_Express&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2012–2017: Ecosystem-centric"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the 2012 release of Visual Express, Microsoft changed its distribution of editions so that each version is geared toward an overall solution type, and can contain more than one project type. (This is unlike previous Express editions, each of which was geared around a single programming language.) For example, a web solution might consist of a web application project and a couple of C# class-library projects. This change was made to reflect the wide diversity of applications available for <a href="/wiki/The_web" class="mw-redirect" title="The web">the web</a> and the new <a href="/wiki/WinRT" class="mw-redirect" title="WinRT">WinRT</a> platform used on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. </p><p>Microsoft has released five Visual Studio Express 2012 products: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Edition </th> <th>Description </th> <th>Desktop OS </th> <th>Server OS </th></tr> <tr> <td>Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web<sup id="cite_ref-d-2012-web_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d-2012-web-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Allows development of <a href="/wiki/Web_application" title="Web application">web applications</a>. Includes integrated features for deploying to Microsoft's <a href="/wiki/Windows_Azure" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Azure">Windows Azure</a> <a href="/wiki/Cloud_computing" title="Cloud computing">cloud computing</a> platform. </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Windows_7_SP1" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows 7 SP1">Windows 7 SP1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windows_8" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2008_R2" title="Windows Server 2008 R2">Windows Server 2008 R2</a> (only <a href="/wiki/X64" class="mw-redirect" title="X64">x64</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2012" title="Windows Server 2012">Windows Server 2012</a></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8<sup id="cite_ref-d-2012-8_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d-2012-8-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Allows development of <a href="/wiki/Metro_(design_language)" title="Metro (design language)">Metro-style</a> applications for <a href="/wiki/Windows_Store" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Store">Windows Store</a> in <a href="/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C#</a>, <a href="/wiki/VB.NET" class="mw-redirect" title="VB.NET">VB.NET</a>, <a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> and <a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a>. <i>Note: This edition runs only on <a href="/wiki/Windows_8" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a>.</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Windows_8" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td>Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop<sup id="cite_ref-d-2012-desk_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d-2012-desk-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Allows development of conventional Windows <a href="/wiki/Desktop_application" class="mw-redirect" title="Desktop application">desktop applications</a> in <a href="/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C#</a>, <a href="/wiki/VB.NET" class="mw-redirect" title="VB.NET">VB.NET</a> and <a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a>, targeting Windows client technologies such as <a href="/wiki/Windows_Presentation_Foundation" title="Windows Presentation Foundation">Windows Presentation Foundation</a> (WPF), <a href="/wiki/Windows_Forms" title="Windows Forms">Windows Forms</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Windows_API" title="Windows API">Win32 API</a>. Unlike previous Express editions, it has built-in support for compiling <a href="/wiki/64-bit" class="mw-redirect" title="64-bit">64-bit</a> applications through IDE. Update 1 adds support for <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a> in C++ applications. </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Windows_7_SP1" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows 7 SP1">Windows 7 SP1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windows_8" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2008_R2" title="Windows Server 2008 R2">Windows Server 2008 R2</a> (only <a href="/wiki/X64" class="mw-redirect" title="X64">x64</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2012" title="Windows Server 2012">Windows Server 2012</a></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Express 2012<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Provides <a href="/wiki/Revision_control" class="mw-redirect" title="Revision control">source control</a>, work-item tracking, <a href="/wiki/Application_lifecycle_management" title="Application lifecycle management">application lifecycle management</a> and <a href="/wiki/Build_automation" title="Build automation">build automation</a> for teams of up to five developers. </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Windows_7_SP1" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows 7 SP1">Windows 7 SP1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windows_8" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2008#Service_Packs" title="Windows Server 2008">Windows Server 2008 SP2</a> (only <a href="/wiki/X64" class="mw-redirect" title="X64">x64</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2008_R2#Service_Pack" title="Windows Server 2008 R2">Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1</a> (only <a href="/wiki/X64" class="mw-redirect" title="X64">x64</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2012" title="Windows Server 2012">Windows Server 2012</a></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Phone<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Consists of the Windows Phone 8 <a href="/wiki/Software_development_kit" title="Software development kit">SDK</a> that enables developing applications for <a href="/wiki/Windows_Phone_7.5" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Phone 7.5">Windows Phone 7.5</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windows_Phone_8" title="Windows Phone 8">Windows Phone 8</a> and testing them on an <a href="/wiki/Emulator" title="Emulator">emulator</a>. Supports C++, <a href="/wiki/.NET_Framework" title=".NET Framework">.NET Framework</a> and <a href="/wiki/DirectX" title="DirectX">DirectX</a>. As part of its .NET Framework support, it can integrate with <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Expression_Blend" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Expression Blend">Microsoft Expression Blend</a>. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Windows_8" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a> (<a href="/wiki/X64" class="mw-redirect" title="X64">x64</a> only) </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In October 2013, Microsoft released four new versions of its Visual Studio Express products. Like the 2012 Express edition, they are geared toward an overall solution type that may mix different types of projects. However, different IDEs are still offered for different destination platforms. They are:<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web<sup id="cite_ref-vstudio_list_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vstudio_list-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows:<sup id="cite_ref-vstudio_list_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vstudio_list-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Note: Works on Windows 8.1 only (<a href="/wiki/X86" title="X86">x86</a> and <a href="/wiki/X64" class="mw-redirect" title="X64">x64</a>).</i></li> <li>Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop<sup id="cite_ref-vstudio_list_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vstudio_list-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Express 2013<sup id="cite_ref-vstudio_list_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vstudio_list-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Note that Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone was not released in the set of 2013 products, but Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone is now merged with Visual Studio Express for Windows 2013.2.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With this new release, Windows 8.1 <a href="/wiki/X86" title="X86">x86</a> is now supported for <a href="/wiki/Windows_Phone_8.1" title="Windows Phone 8.1">Windows Phone 8.1</a> development, but not for <a href="/wiki/Windows_Phone_8" title="Windows Phone 8">Windows Phone 8</a>.0 development or the Windows Phone Emulator, the latter of which also requires a processor that supports Client <a href="/wiki/Hyper-V" title="Hyper-V">Hyper-V</a> and <a href="/wiki/Second_Level_Address_Translation" title="Second Level Address Translation">Second Level Address Translation</a> (SLAT). </p><p>The Visual Studio Express 2015 editions are: </p> <ul><li>Express for Desktop – for creating desktop Windows programs<sup id="cite_ref-vs-express-2015_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vs-express-2015-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Express for Web - for creating responsive websites, web APIs, or "real-time online experiences"<sup id="cite_ref-vs-express-2015_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vs-express-2015-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Express for Windows – core tools for creating <a href="/wiki/Universal_Windows_Platform_apps" title="Universal Windows Platform apps">Universal Windows Platform apps</a>. Requires <a href="/wiki/Windows_10" title="Windows 10">Windows 10</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vs-express-2015_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vs-express-2015-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Team Foundation Server 2015 Express – platform for source code control, for project management, and for team collaboration<sup id="cite_ref-vs-express-2015_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vs-express-2015-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Microsoft terminated the Visual Studio Express lineage with the release of Visual Studio Express 2017 for Windows Desktop. This last release has no siblings specialized in Web or UWP projects. 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href="/wiki/BlueJ" title="BlueJ">BlueJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DrJava" title="DrJava">DrJava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eclipse_(software)" title="Eclipse (software)">Eclipse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geany" title="Geany">Geany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenfoot" title="Greenfoot">Greenfoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IntelliJ_IDEA" title="IntelliJ IDEA">IntelliJ IDEA</a> Community Edition <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Android_Studio" title="Android Studio">Android Studio</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NetBeans" title="NetBeans">NetBeans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DevEco_Studio" class="mw-redirect" title="DevEco Studio">DevEco Studio</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Freeware" title="Freeware">Freeware</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/JGRASP" title="JGRASP">jGRASP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JDeveloper" title="JDeveloper">JDeveloper</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Retail_software" title="Retail software">Retail</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>JCreator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MyEclipse" title="MyEclipse">MyEclipse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JetBrains" title="JetBrains">JetBrains</a> <a href="/wiki/IntelliJ_IDEA" title="IntelliJ IDEA">IntelliJ IDEA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SlickEdit" title="SlickEdit">SlickEdit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Understand_(software)" title="Understand (software)">Understand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Discontinued</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Metrowerks <a href="/wiki/CodeWarrior" title="CodeWarrior">CodeWarrior</a> Pro for Java</li> <li><a href="/wiki/JBuilder" title="JBuilder">JBuilder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Java_Studio_Creator" title="Sun Java Studio Creator">Sun Java Studio Creator</a> (superseded by <a href="/wiki/NetBeans" title="NetBeans">NetBeans</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VisualAge" title="VisualAge">VisualAge</a> (superseded by <a href="/wiki/Eclipse_(software)" title="Eclipse (software)">Eclipse</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_Caf%C3%A9" title="Visual Café">Visual Café</a> (aka Espresso, superseded by <a href="/wiki/JBuilder" title="JBuilder">JBuilder</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_J%2B%2B" title="Visual J++">Visual J++</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xelfi" class="mw-redirect" title="Xelfi">Xelfi</a> (became <a href="/wiki/NetBeans" title="NetBeans">NetBeans</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Open_source" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Open-source_software" title="Open-source software">Open source</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vim_(text_editor)" title="Vim (text editor)">Vim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_Studio_Code" title="Visual Studio Code">Visual Studio Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atom_(text_editor)" title="Atom (text editor)">Atom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)" title="Chromium (web browser)">Chromium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DevEco_Studio" class="mw-redirect" title="DevEco Studio">DevEco Studio</a></li></ul> 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title="Freeware">Freeware</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Visual_Studio#Community" title="Visual Studio">Visual Studio Community</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Retail_software" title="Retail software">Retail</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Visual_Studio" title="Visual Studio">Visual Studio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JetBrains#Rider" title="JetBrains">Rider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Understand_(software)" title="Understand (software)">Understand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Discontinued</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xamarin_Studio" class="mw-redirect" title="Xamarin Studio">Xamarin Studio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MonoDevelop" title="MonoDevelop">MonoDevelop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SharpDevelop" title="SharpDevelop">SharpDevelop</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Visual_Basic_Express">Visual Basic Express</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Visual_Web_Developer_Express">Visual Web Developer Express</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#2005–2010_products">Visual J# Express</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#2005–2010_products">Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Visual_C++_Express">Visual C++ Express</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Visual_C#_Express">Visual C# Express</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#2015-2017_products">Express for Desktop</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#2015-2017_products">Express for Web</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#2015-2017_products">Express for Windows</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Adobe_Flash" title="Adobe Flash">Flash</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Builder" title="Adobe Flash Builder">Adobe Flash Builder</a></li> <li>FlashDevelop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powerflasher_FDT" title="Powerflasher FDT">Powerflasher FDT</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/PHP" title="PHP">PHP</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Open-source_software" title="Open-source software">Open source</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aptana" title="Aptana">Aptana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NetBeans" title="NetBeans">NetBeans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komodo_Edit" title="Komodo Edit">Komodo Edit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komodo_IDE" title="Komodo IDE">Komodo IDE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDevelop" title="KDevelop">KDevelop</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Codelobster" title="Codelobster">Codelobster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PhpStorm" class="mw-redirect" title="PhpStorm">PhpStorm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PHPEdit" title="PHPEdit">PHPEdit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SlickEdit" title="SlickEdit">SlickEdit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zend_Studio" title="Zend Studio">Zend Studio</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/R_(programming_language)" title="R (programming language)">R</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RStudio" title="RStudio">RStudio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R_Tools_for_Visual_Studio" title="R Tools for Visual Studio">R Tools for Visual Studio</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Python_(programming_language)" title="Python (programming language)">Python</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Open-source_software" title="Open-source software">Open source</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anjuta" title="Anjuta">Anjuta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IDLE" title="IDLE">IDLE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_(software)" title="Eric (software)">Eric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Table_(software)" title="Light Table (software)">Light Table</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninja-IDE" title="Ninja-IDE">Ninja-IDE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PyDev" title="PyDev">PyDev</a></li> <li>PyScripter</li> <li>PIDA</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spyder_(software)" title="Spyder (software)">Spyder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komodo_Edit" title="Komodo Edit">Komodo Edit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komodo_IDE" title="Komodo IDE">Komodo IDE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDevelop" title="KDevelop">KDevelop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vim_(text_editor)" title="Vim (text editor)">Vim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_Studio_Code" title="Visual Studio Code">Visual Studio Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thonny" title="Thonny">Thonny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DevEco_Studio" class="mw-redirect" title="DevEco Studio">DevEco Studio</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/PyCharm" title="PyCharm">PyCharm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PythonAnywhere" title="PythonAnywhere">PythonAnywhere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_Studio_Code" title="Visual Studio Code">Visual Studio Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SlickEdit" title="SlickEdit">SlickEdit</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Dev-Pascal" title="Dev-Pascal">Dev-Pascal</a></li> <li>GNAVI</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PascalABC.NET" title="PascalABC.NET">PascalABC.NET</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Freeware" title="Freeware">Freeware</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delphi_(software)#Embarcadero_Delphi_10.2_Tokyo_(Community_Edition)" title="Delphi (software)">Delphi Community</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Retail_software" title="Retail software">Retail</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delphi_(software)" title="Delphi (software)">Delphi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Discontinued</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turbo_Pascal" title="Turbo Pascal">Turbo Pascal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_Pascal" title="Virtual Pascal">Virtual Pascal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borland_Kylix" title="Borland Kylix">Borland Kylix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Pascal" title="Microsoft Pascal">QuickPascal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BASIC" title="BASIC">BASIC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Open-source_software" title="Open-source software">Open source</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basic-256" title="Basic-256">Basic-256</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Small_Basic" title="Microsoft Small Basic">Microsoft Small Basic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SdlBasic" title="SdlBasic">SdlBasic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambas" title="Gambas">Gambas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basic4GL" title="Basic4GL">Basic4GL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FreeBASIC" title="FreeBASIC">VisualFBEditor / WinFBE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QB64" title="QB64">InForm</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Freeware" title="Freeware">Freeware</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FutureBASIC" title="FutureBASIC">FutureBASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RapidQ" title="RapidQ">RapidQ</a></li> 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href="/wiki/CA-Realizer" title="CA-Realizer">CA-Realizer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MonoDevelop" title="MonoDevelop">MonoDevelop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QuickBASIC" title="QuickBASIC">QuickBASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QBasic" title="QBasic">QBasic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SharpDevelop" title="SharpDevelop">SharpDevelop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_Basic_(classic)" title="Visual Basic (classic)">Visual Basic</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Visual_Basic_Express">Visual Basic Express</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Go_(programming_language)" title="Go (programming language)">Go</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Open-source_software" title="Open-source software">Open source</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vim_(text_editor)" title="Vim (text editor)">Vim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_Studio_Code" title="Visual Studio Code">Visual Studio Code</a> (VSCode)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eclipse_(software)" title="Eclipse (software)">Eclipse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Freeware" title="Freeware">Freeware</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cloud9_IDE" title="Cloud9 IDE">Cloud9 IDE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Retail_software" title="Retail software">Retail</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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