"full featured" meaning, um, not full featured. Or at least not if you consider having any plugin work with VS a "feature". LOL. Ah Microsoft, gotta love 'em.
:) On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 3:57 AM, Katherine Moss <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > > > > >
