Visual Studio
Visual Studio is a complete suite of tools for building both desktop and team-based Enterprise Web applications. In addition to building high-performing desktop applications, you can use Visual Studio's powerful component-based development tools and other technologies to simplify team-based design, development, and deployment of Enterprise solutions.
In This Section
- Introducing Visual Studio
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Find out more about what's new in Visual Studio, learn more about the .NET Framework, and find pointers on how to get started with this version of Visual Studio.
- Integrated Development Environment for Visual Studio
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Find out about designing, developing, debugging, testing, deploying, and managing applications created with Visual Studio.
- Windows-based Applications, Components, and Services
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Decide which tools and technologies to use when building applications and components, as well as what items you can create with Visual Studio.
- .NET Framework Programming in Visual Studio
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Learn how to use the .NET Framework when developing applications in Visual Basic, Visual C#, and Visual J#.
- Visual Basic
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Learn what's new in Visual Basic, and discover how to use Visual Basic to develop applications.
- Visual C#
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Learn what's new in Visual C#, and discover how to use Visual C# to develop applications.
- Visual C++
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Find out about what's new in Visual C++ and discover how to use Visual C++ to develop applications.
- Visual J#
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Find out about Visual J#, a tool that Java-language programmers can use to build applications and services to run on the .NET Framework.
- JScript
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Find out about JScript .NET, a true object-oriented scripting language.
- Visual Web Developer
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Learn about Visual Web Developer and discover how to use Visual Web Developer to create Web applications.
- Visual Studio Team System
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Learn about Visual Studio 2005 Team System, which is a productive, integrated, and extensible software development life-cycle tools platform that helps software teams by improving communication and collaboration throughout the software development process.
- Visual Studio Tools for Office
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Find out how to create business applications that collect, analyze, manipulate, or present information, which take advantage of the robust functionality of Microsoft Office 2003
- Smart Device Development
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Learn how to develop software that runs on Windows CE-based smart devices such as Pocket PCs and Smartphones.
- Tools and Features
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Read about Crystal Reports, programming for Windows Server features, and Application Verifier.
- .NET Framework Samples
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Locate the latest sample applications and examples that are available with this version of Visual Studio.
- QuickStarts
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Read through the tutorials available with the .NET Framework SDK.
- .NET Framework Glossary
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Read through definitions for common terms used in the .NET Framework.