If they are full-featured, then what is the difference between the express editions and then the professional edition? I'm just confused because back in the 2010 days, the express editions were devoid of some features that even some open source projects could definitely use. And th what about other obscure project types like WCF and Windows service? It seems like with the express edition, one has to really think about which one they use based on the templates they want and then if they find that they need another type, they have to go back for more. I mean, the professional edition's not a big issue for me since the price has come down, but still, what is the difference? And you didn't answer my original question that I asked you guys.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Kean Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 1:13 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: Visual studio and SharpDevelop: who uses which on this list and why? We provide full-featured Express editions (Phone, Win8, Desktop & Web) that are free, have you looked at those? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Katherine Moss Sent: Friday, May 3, 2013 10:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Visual studio and SharpDevelop: who uses which on this list and why? Hi all, I'm just looking for various opinions on the two most prominent development environments for .NET, what you guys like about each, what could be improved, and so on. I use Visual Studio professional 2012 simply due to the accessibility factor; Avalon edit doesn't work very well with screen readers, and though I've spoken to the developers of SharpDevelop, they told me that making it accessible would take basically recoding the entire interface with UIA properties included, but if those properties are missing from the base framework to begin with, then it's kind of hard, so I let it go. I trust that those on the project know what they are doing and what they are talking about and that they are not just trying to blow my request off due to laziness. And it seems to me that Visual Studio has more features. Though I kind of wish Microsoft would consider an open source license for the professional edition; either for a very low price or for free as long as your project matches x set of licenses or something like that, but I know that's probably never going to happen. I say that because development for me will be something fun for me to do while not at work, on vacation, ETC, and not for career choices or profit. I feel that some of the greatest software has been made via Open Source with only donations to support it, and that some open source software is better than it's commercial counterpart all because a bunch of developers got together and decided to make a selfless difference in the world. Anyway, I'm just curious as to what everybody uses on here and why.
