Visual Studio 2005 Product Line Overview
VB, VC#, VC++, and VJ# are single language. VWD includes VC#, and VB VB and VC# Support for Excel 2003, Word 2003, and InfoPath 2003 Support for Excel 2003, Word 2003, and InfoPath 2003 VWD: local and remote 10mb "Getting Started"; Starter Kits targeted at first-time programmers; 200mb optional MSDN Express SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition Windows 2003 Server Developer Edition; SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition; Microsoft Office Access 2003 Developer Extensions; Access 2003 Runtime license SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition (included with client products only)Feature Express products Visual Studio Standard Edition Visual Studio Professional Edition Visual Studio Tools for Office Visual Studio Team System IntelliSense Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Code editor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Code snippets Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Programming languages included All All All Office development support No No No User experience Streamlined Streamlined Full Full Full Windows Forms designer VB, VC#, VC++, VJ# Yes Yes Yes Yes Web Forms designer VWD Yes Yes Yes Yes Mobile Device Support No Yes Yes No Yes Database design tools "data connections" node Local All All All All Data access VB, VC#, VC++, VJ#: local All All All All Documentation MSDN MSDN MSDN MSDN Class Designer / Object Test Bench No Yes Yes Yes Yes XML Support XML only XML/XSLT XML/XSLT XML/XSLT XML/XSLT Deployment tools No Click Once Yes Yes Yes Extensibility Add external tools to the menu only. Use 3rd party controls. Consume extensions. All All All Reporting SQL Server Reporting Services SQL Server Reporting Services SQL Server Reporting Services / Crystal Reports SQL Server Reporting Services / Crystal Reports SQL Server Reporting Services / Crystal Reports Source Code Control No MSSCCI-compatible
(Visual SourceSafe sold separately)MSSCCI-compatible
(Visual SourceSafe sold separately)MSSCCI-compatible
(Visual SourceSafe sold separately)MSCCI-compatible
(includes Visual SourceSafe, Visual Studio Team Foundation sold separately)Debugging Local Local Local/remote Local/remote Local/remote 64-bit compiler support No No Yes Yes Yes Server Explorer "servers" node No No All All All SQL Server 2005 Integration No No Yes Yes Yes Code profiling No No No No Yes Static analysis No No No No Yes Unit testing No No No No Yes Code coverage No No No No Yes Project management No No No No Yes Test case management No No No No Yes Size 80MB (Express + SQL Express + .NET Framework Redist) Single CD Multiple CDs Multiple CDs Multiple CDs Additional Tools Included None None
Feature | Express products | Visual Studio Standard Edition | Visual Studio Professional Edition | Visual Studio Tools for Office | Visual Studio Team System |
IntelliSense | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Code editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Code snippets | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Programming languages included | VB, VC#, VC++, and VJ# are single language. VWD includes VC#, and VB | All | All | VB and VC# | All |
Office development support | No | No | No | Support for Excel 2003, Word 2003, and InfoPath 2003 | Support for Excel 2003, Word 2003, and InfoPath 2003 |
User experience | Streamlined | Streamlined | Full | Full | Full |
Windows Forms designer | VB, VC#, VC++, VJ# | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Web Forms designer | VWD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mobile Device Support | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Database design tools "data connections" node | Local | All | All | All | All |
Data access | VB, VC#, VC++, VJ#: local VWD: local and remote | All | All | All | All |
Documentation | 10mb "Getting Started"; Starter Kits targeted at first-time programmers; 200mb optional MSDN Express | MSDN | MSDN | MSDN | MSDN |
Class Designer / Object Test Bench | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
XML Support | XML only | XML/XSLT | XML/XSLT | XML/XSLT | XML/XSLT |
Deployment tools | No | Click Once | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Extensibility | Add external tools to the menu only. Use 3rd party controls. | Consume extensions. | All | All | All |
Reporting | SQL Server Reporting Services | SQL Server Reporting Services | SQL Server Reporting Services / Crystal Reports | SQL Server Reporting Services / Crystal Reports | SQL Server Reporting Services / Crystal Reports |
Source Code Control | No | MSSCCI-compatible (Visual SourceSafe sold separately) | MSSCCI-compatible (Visual SourceSafe sold separately) | MSSCCI-compatible (Visual SourceSafe sold separately) | MSCCI-compatible (includes Visual SourceSafe, Visual Studio Team Foundation sold separately) |
Debugging | Local | Local | Local/remote | Local/remote | Local/remote |
64-bit compiler support | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Server Explorer "servers" node | No | No | All | All | All |
SQL Server 2005 Integration | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Code profiling | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Static analysis | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Unit testing | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Code coverage | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Project management | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Test case management | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Size | 80MB (Express + SQL Express + .NET Framework Redist) | Single CD | Multiple CDs | Multiple CDs | Multiple CDs |
Additional Tools Included | None | None | SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition | Windows 2003 Server Developer Edition; SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition; Microsoft Office Access 2003 Developer Extensions; Access 2003 Runtime license | SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition (included with client products only) |