Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (Standard Edition) is a comprehensive, high productivity professional development environment for building high performance, multi-tier applications for Windows, Web, and common consumer mobile devices. Intended for individual developers software development teams to build departmental client/server Windows applications and Web sites, Visual Studio 2005 provides a wide range of tools that streamline and enhance development processes.With Visual Studio 2005, you can be more productive and obtain faster results; build dynamic Windows, Web, mobile, and Office-based solutions; communicate and collaborate more effectively within your software teams; and ensure quality early and often throughout the development process.
Among the new features in Visual Studio 2005 include integrated SQL Reporting Services, integrated ClickOnce support, dozens of new reusable controls for creating Windows and Web applications, master pages support for maintaining a consistent look and feel across Web applications, and an Edit and Continue functionality for simple, intuitive debugging. Included in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition are Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual C#, Visual C++, and Microsoft Visual J# programming languages; tools for building Windows and Web solutions; SmartPhone and Pocket PC development tools; and tools for visually designing databases, queries, and stored procedures.
Main Features
Ideal for the part-time or occasional developer to develop and deploy client-server based Windows, Web, SmartPhone, and Pocket PC applications
Support for Visual Basic, C#, C++, and J# languages
Drag and drop user interface designers for virtually every type of application; Master Pages support for maintaining a consistent look and feel across Web applications
Includes a built-in Web server for testing Web applications, IIS is not needed; integrated SQL Reporting Services
Edit and Continue for simple, intuitive debugging; integrated ClickOnce support
System Requirements
Hard Disk 2 GB.
Memory 192 MB.
Processor 600 MHz or faster.
Platform
Operating System Windows 2000 with SP4, Windows XP with SP2, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (WOW), Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions (WOW), Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Vista.
