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  • G Gavin Taylor

    Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison[^]. Personally every important thing I use is missing from the express packages so I've never even bothered to really look at them.

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    Rage
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    Thanks.

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    • H hairy_hats

      John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

      The bottom line is that if you're on a budget, and you're buying it for home use, it makes sense to get the Standard version.

      Depends on how serious you are, £270 (US$500*) for occasional hobby programming just isn't worth it. * - edit: Bastards! It's only $270 if you buy it in the US. Complete bastards.

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      Can you imagine how much the Pro version is if standard is equivalent to $500? Geeze.

      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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      "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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      • H hairy_hats

        John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

        The bottom line is that if you're on a budget, and you're buying it for home use, it makes sense to get the Standard version.

        Depends on how serious you are, £270 (US$500*) for occasional hobby programming just isn't worth it. * - edit: Bastards! It's only $270 if you buy it in the US. Complete bastards.

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        I got VS2005 Standard for $10 :D


        I'm largely language agnostic


        After a while they all bug me :doh:


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          Can you imagine how much the Pro version is if standard is equivalent to $500? Geeze.

          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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          "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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          hairy_hats
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          $1030[^] or so. Bastards. Living in the UK is a total rip-off at times if you want to buy US-sourced products.

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          • H hairy_hats

            $1030[^] or so. Bastards. Living in the UK is a total rip-off at times if you want to buy US-sourced products.

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            Mladen Jankovic
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            :wtf: MSDN Pro (with VS Pro) subscription costs only 170$ more!

            [Genetic Algorithm Library]

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            • H hairy_hats

              $1030[^] or so. Bastards. Living in the UK is a total rip-off at times if you want to buy US-sourced products.

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              Brady Kelly
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              Ha, you don't have an exchange rate of R7.73/USD. :( That works out close to my house payment.

              Unscrambling Eggs: Decompiling ASP.NET

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              • L leppie

                The only things I miss from the Express editions is: 1. No multiple different projects in a solution. 2. No support for source control.

                xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
                IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)

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                Brady Kelly
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                leppie wrote:

                1. No multiple different projects in a solution.

                WTF? :doh:

                leppie wrote:

                2. No support for source control.

                Has there ever been support for reliable source control?

                Unscrambling Eggs: Decompiling ASP.NET

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                • L leppie

                  The only things I miss from the Express editions is: 1. No multiple different projects in a solution. 2. No support for source control.

                  xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
                  IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)

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                  Gideon Engelberth
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                  You can, in fact, have multiple projects in a solution. They just have to be the same language. If you can't see the solution in the solution explorer, go to Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions and check "Always show solution". Then you can right-click on the solution and select Add->New Project...

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                  • G Gideon Engelberth

                    You can, in fact, have multiple projects in a solution. They just have to be the same language. If you can't see the solution in the solution explorer, go to Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions and check "Always show solution". Then you can right-click on the solution and select Add->New Project...

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                    leppie
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                    Gideon Engelberth wrote:

                    You can, in fact, have multiple projects in a solution. They just have to be the same language.

                    Hence why I said "No multiple different projects in a solution." I guess 'mixed' would have been a better choice of word.

                    xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
                    IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)

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                    • H hairy_hats

                      $1030[^] or so. Bastards. Living in the UK is a total rip-off at times if you want to buy US-sourced products.

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                      Marshall
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                      Steve_Harris wrote:

                      Living in the UK is a total rip-off at times if you want to buy US-sourced products.

                      The higher price is to offset the cost of translating from American to English. :-D

                      _If you continue to do the same things you always did,
                      don't be surprised if you get the same results you always got.
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                      • M MidwestLimey

                        I got VS2005 Standard for $10 :D


                        I'm largely language agnostic


                        After a while they all bug me :doh:


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                        hairy_hats
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                        Hmmm...did it come with a clear case and a hand-written label by any chance? :-D

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                        • H hairy_hats

                          Hmmm...did it come with a clear case and a hand-written label by any chance? :-D

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                          dandy72
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                          Steve_Harris wrote:

                          Hmmm...did it come with a clear case and a hand-written label by any chance?

                          Don't be so quick to judge. I got my full version of VS2008 Standard as a freebie at the Heroes Happen Here event.

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                          • R Rage

                            Could somebody tell me which features are NOT in the Visual C# Express edition but are in the normal one ? The Microsoft website only tells what is in, but not what is missing. Can you do something productive with it, or are essential parts missing ?

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                            Ashley van Gerven
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                            These are the main ones I think: - no class designer - minimal refactoring tools - no source control integration - no addins/macros - minimal debugging functionality - far less project templates - no installer projects (I think)

                            "For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza

                            CP article: SmartPager - a Flickr-style pager control with go-to-page popup layer.

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