Visual Studio Express (VSE) is a freeware version of the Microsoft Toolset Visual Studio Dev Environment Toolset. It is a slimmed down version, which is still reasonably functional. Microsoft describes the VSE toolset as a “free, easy to use and easy to learn software solution for hobbyists, beginners and students”.

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Microsoft divides its Visual Studio Express offerings into four overlapping categories, each with its own specific components:

Web: Includes Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, a Beginner Developer Learning Center and access to the ASP.NET community, as well as a Personal Web Site StarterKit and the Facebook Development Toolkit.

Game: Includes Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition, Visual C# 2008 Express Edition, and Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition, the Beginner Game Development Series, and some sample games (Space Blitz, Rocket Commander)

Windows: Includes Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition, Visual C# 2008 Expression Edition, and Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition, a Beginner Developer Learning Center, a Facebook Developer Toolkit, and a Coding4Fun Developer Pack 2008

Hardware: Includes descriptions of projects for A Disco Dance Floor, various hardware projects including Xbox 360, a digital camera, a remote-controlled car, Visual Studio Express and the Microsoft Robotics Studio, and home automation projects. The three primary programming languages: Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition, Visual C# 2008 Express Edition, and Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition are also introduced here.

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