Visual Studio 2008
In early 2007, Visual Studio celebrated its tenth anniversary. With the release of Visual Studio 2008, let’s take a moment to reflect on the product's evolution.
The first release of Visual Studio in 1997 featured separate IDEs (that required their own installation) for Visual C++, Visual Basic, J++, and a tool known as InterDev. Visual Studio 6.0 was a dramatic improvement that marked the birth of Visual Basic 6 and embodied the idea of a set of unified services across all languages.
With Visual Studio .NET 2002 and Visual Studio .NET 2003, this vision was realized with the .NET Framework. For the first time an individual developer could write an application in the language of their choosing while taking advantage of a common set of tools including designers, drag and drop controls, and IntelliSense. Along with the increase of individual developer productivity was an increase in the size and complexity of development projects and teams.
Visual Studio 2005 was born to help developers in teams of any size increase collaboration and reduce development complexity. With each progressive release, Microsoft has reaffirmed its commitment to empowering the developer by creating a dialogue with the community to help incorporate feedback and improve the product. Visual Studio 2008 is no exception. Visual Studio 2008 delivers on the commitment to make every software project successful on the Microsoft platform.
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Improve Productivity
Visual Studio 2008 enables the developers to solve complex business problems while reducing the total cost of development.
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| Develop on the Latest Platforms
Visual Studio 2008 provides tools that speed creation of software and services on the latest platforms, including the Web, Windows Vista, Office 2007, SQL Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008.
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| Work Collaboratively
Visual Studio 2008 features expanded and improved offerings for software development teams, including tools for database professionals and greater collaboration between development organizations and graphic designers.
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