I am trying to write a web application using ASP.NET MVC. I prefer C# as the programming language.
Which IDE is better to use for this purpose? Visual Studio or Visual Web Developer?
What are the features of the IDEs? What are the benefits of using one over the other?
Thanks in advance.
As far as I understand, Visual Web Developer (VWD) is simply a free version of the Visual Studio components necessary to develop web based solutions.
Here is a list of features missing from VWD that you get in a Professional edition of Visual Studio 2008 (VS2008). In short, VWD Express 2005
is Not Extensibile with other add-ons or third party tools
Only supports Web site projects (2005). You cannot add a Class
Library project or a Web Controls
Library project to the solution.
UPDATED - VWD 2008 SP1 also allows Web Application and Class Library Projects in the solution.
Lacks the ability to combine Source Code Control
has no Accessibility checker
Lacks ability for automatic generation of resources for
localization
Cannot attach debugger to a process
has no Native code debugging
The obvious advantage of VWD over VS2008 is that it is free and if you can work smart with it given the missing features, it may be the more pragmatic option for you. If those are features that you can't live without, VS2008 may be a wise investment - you also get all of the features missing from other Express products (Visual Basic 2008, Visual C# 2008, etc).
Take a look at MSDN's comparison chart for Visual Studio 2005. I can't find 2008's but would suspect it to be very similar.
Visual Studio will allow you to integerate with Source control and attached debugging to IIS processes.
As a lone developer knocking up some pure ASP.NET-MVC application then Web Developer would do, for serious work you really need studio.
I think you also lack the ability to publish a site without visual studio, you can certainly run a website, but it won't build the binaries for release, with web developer you have to publish the source to iis.
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I've search the web and found questions from 3-9 years ago.
My problem is that I can't find anywhere the .NET standard or Windows Console Application or Windows Desktop Application or class Library for C#.
When I had Visual Studio 2015 - it was there by default.
Today I have Visual Studio 2017 and window 10 and I can't get my things together.
Are they canceled?
What is the other option?
When I look at my New project library -> Online -> Visual C#
There are many different applications but non of them seems to come from Microsoft.
Meanwhile I've got a .NET Core API Solution template but it has a lot of errors.
Please help
visual studio c# extensions missing
Just like Joe said, you should use Visual Studio installer to install the modules you need. Visual Studio 2017 use the a new way to install Visual Studio! In the newest version, MS have made it easier for you to select and install just the features you need. MS have also reduced the minimum footprint of Visual Studio so that it installs more quickly and with less system impact than ever before.
After the installer is installed, you can use it to customize your installation by selecting the feature sets—or workloads—that you want.
For the .NET core API project, you need install module .NET Core cross-platform development.
Check the document Install Visual Studio 2017 for some more details.
Hope this helps.
I want to start using version control properly for my own personal projects written using Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions. I'm using both Visual C# Express Edition and Visual Web Developer Express Edition.
I'm almost always the only developer on these projects.
I've previously used Subversion with Windows Explorer integration provided by Tortoise SVN and it worked well, but obviously source control and development were two separate operations.
Is there a better version control system for my situation?
Unfortunately, the express edition does not let you use Ankh SVN, which is integrated right into the visual studio interface. I find Tortoise SVN/Subversion to be easiest with express edition.
I've been using the free, single-user version of SourceGear Vault, which works fine as a local repository. Obviously you still need to run the stand-alone client since Express doesn't support add-ins, but it does the job.
Ideally the Express SKUs would support Codeplex natively!
Sign up for a personal Beanstalk account and use that. I've done it and never regretted it. Reliable SVN hosting for a cheap price.
But no, SVN and Tortoise make a pretty great solution for an individual developer.
VisualSVN server offers an easy way into SVN, and is free. Mix that with TortoiseSVN client and you're sorted.
Interestingly, TFS2010 may be interesting to single-devs/small-teams, but we'll see how it unfolds.
I downloaded the team explorer 2005 and when I tried to open the application from source control , I am getting the error .csproj applicaion type is not installed.
How can I resolve this ?
In order to open a .csproj you will need to install a version of Visual Studio that supports .csproj`s. There are free versions, called express SKU's, of Visual Studio that should help you out here. It, and the other express SKU's, are available at the following link
http://www.microsoft.com/express/Windows/
You need a CAL (Client Access License) to run just team explorer and access the TFS functionality to check in and check out and other things. If you're wanting to open the projects and make changes you'll need a license for visual studio. There are many different options there. I don't believe you can use the free one in your situation. Using VS professional you'll still need to get the CAL as well to access TFS but if you get one of the team editions of VS you will have the TFS CAL included.
That's how I understand the licensing for TFS/VS but I'm not an expert and it would probably be best to ask your supplier or microsoft about licensing.
I believe Team Explorer allows one to interface with TFS which includes accessing project documentation, filing bugs, and possibly retrieving source code. However, I believe you need Visual Studio to open up project/solution files (i.e. a developer task).
This might be different with Visual Studio 2010 but that's the sales pitch we heard regarding 2008.
In summary, although you need the specific module that loads C# projects. When you installed Team Explorer, although you have the basic IDE, that module is not loaded (is similar to when you install SQL Server client - you have the Visual Studio IDE, but the only module loaded is the SQL Server management Studio). As some of the other guys suggested, try to install Visual Studio C# Express (you can find more information here - http://www.microsoft.com/express/Windows/ - click on Microsoft® Visual C#® 2008 Express Edition). Notice that later on if you want to use web application, you will need to install the web edition and so forth.
When you install Visual Studio Professional (or Team Suite) most of those modules are installed by default.
I hope this info helps.
Can I develop Silverlight applications in Visual Studio express?
When I start up Visual C# Express 2008 it doesn't give me any options to create Silverlight applications?
The list of things to install to get a working Silverlight development environment up and running is a long one. Here's an ordered list to get a Visual Studio 2008 Silverlight 3 environment going.
1) Visual Web Developer 2008
This is your basic development environment. Visual Web Developer is required since Silverlight 3 applications can be hosted in an ASP.NET website.
2) Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1
These tools will reconfigure Visual Studio to work properly with Silverlight projects.
3) Expression Blend 3 (optional)
This is the only pay-product on the list but is also optional. Expression Blend is used for designing the user-interface of your Silverlight projects. Simple UI work can be done in Visual Studio but for anything moderately complex, you will want Expression Blend. There is a trial version.
4) Silverlight Toolkit (optional)
The Silverlight Toolkit contains extra controls and utilities. It is updated more frequently than the core Silverlight binaries.
5) RIA Services (optional)
RIA services is a framework that tries to make server-client development in Silverlight easier. It comes with a lot of plumbing for server communication, data transfer, and validation. RIA services is in beta as of Sep 2009.
6) Silverlight Contrib (optional)
Silverlight contrib is a collection of extra controls and utilities like the Silverlight Toolkit. It is maintained by the community, not by Microsoft, and is meant to overcome some of the shortcomings in Silverlight with free, open-source code.
Looks like you'll need VWD Express. See this page for more info.
This package is an add-on for Visual
Studio 2008 SP1 to provide tooling for
Microsoft Silverlight 3. It can be
installed on top of either Visual
Studio 2008 SP1 or Visual Web
Developer 2008 Express with SP1, and
it provides a Silverlight project
system for developing Silverlight
applications using C# or Visual Basic.
Visual Web Developer 2010 Express has all the tools (built-in) to get started with Silverlight development for free. Here is where you can get it: http://www.microsoft.com/express/Web/
You will need to download the Silverlight SDK to develop for Silverlight.
I'm developing an application using Visual C# Express Edition - what is the downside to using the express editions? Are there any limitations on what I can build and release? Will my users be able to tell I'm using the Express Edition?
It won't impact your users, other than by making you less productive by prohibiting add-ons such as ReSharper, TestDriven.NET, etc. and not having some of the built-in features of the commercial editions.
To put it another way: if a word processor didn't have a spell checker, you could still make sure that your documents were spelled correctly, so readers wouldn't know - but it's a lot quicker (usually!) if the tool has it built in...
Here is a huge comparison chart of all versions of Visual Studio, from Express until Team System.
Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison Guide
No AddIns whatsoever - no ReSharper, no TestDriven.net, no VisualSVN, no nothing
Server Explorer does not support remote databases
No support for solution folders
Express targets only a single Framework - Express 2008 targets .net 3.5 only. (Edit: I was wrong, Express 2008 indeed supports multi-targeting)
Reinstalling Express may require re-registration which is free, but can be shut down any time from Microsoft
Apart from that, it's fine. It uses the same compiler to generate the same code, you just don't get all the Time-Saving tools that VS Professional offers.
The Express debugger does not allow Attach to Process:
The ability to attach the debugger to
an already-running process has also
been removed, hindering scenarios such
as writing Windows services and
re-attaching a debugger under ASP.NET
when errors under the original
debugging session cause breakpoints to
be ignored.
I can live with everything else but that.
Only one language is supported. You can't have an application in C# and a library in C++ in the same solution, for instance.
Also, third party ADO.NET providers are not supported in the designers
See features and tools available with Express editions, Visual Studio Standard and Professional editions, and Visual Studio Tools for Office.
It has no mobile device support - one of the most important features, for me :o)
No MFC visual gui builder for C++.
EDIT
Oops - just read the C# tag. I'll leave this up though in case it comes up in a search for anyone else who might also be using c++
Visual Studio Express can do "most" of what the higher editions can do until you start getting into more advanced things such as trying to install third-party components and get full integration, adding database projects, integration into third-party systems, etc. On that note even Visual Studio Standard lacks several of these features so you'd be looking at Professional (at a minimum) to get a fully robust and feature-rich edition.
The current version of VS Express (I'm writing in 2014) has no diagnostics. No assert method and things like stat monitoring. For me this means I'll use a different version to finish a site because it limits testing and validation. No point in making a sub-par .NET site to be actually used.