The company is bringing back free tooling for Windows desktop apps after developers expressed frustration over the Visual Studio 2012 Express lineup. Microsoft has added Visual Studio 2012 Express for ...

Microsoft today launched the Community 2013 edition of Visual Studio, which essentially replaces the very limited Visual Studio Express version the company has been offering for a few years now. There ...

The team building the next release of Visual Studio has responded to developer criticism and is adding support for building Windows 8 Desktop apps to VS 2012 Express. Last month, there was quite a bit ...

This week, Microsoft launched a web site aimed at teaching new developers about the Visual Studio 2005 Express tools and the .NET programming languages. The Beginner Developer Learning Center, as it ...

Microsoft is making available as of November 12 a preview of its next Visual Studio release, as well as a brand-new free version of Visual Studio 2013. Visual Studio '14 (as it was codenamed) -- now ...

Last month, we informed readers that Microsoft would be dropping desktop support from its free Visual Studio Express programming suite. This caused quite the uproar in the forums and clearly pushed ...

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If you're looking for a lean, mean, cross-platform, desktop code editor then Visual Studio Code might be just your cup of tea. However, if you're used to the level of functionality you get with Visual ...

GOLD COAST, Australia — Aug. 31, 2005 — Today at Microsoft® Tech•Ed Australia, Microsoft Corp. announced that Valve Corp.®, creator of award-winning game franchises “Half-Life®” and “Counter-StrikeTM, ...