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ASP.NET Core Support

Visual Studio 2015 supports building apps with ASP.NET Core. You can download the Visual Studio SDK here.

ASP.NET 4.6.1 Support

Visual Studio 2015 supports ASP.NET 4.6.1 with the .NET Framework 4.6.1 Developer Pack.

Code Editor Touch Support

Custom Window Layouts

Enhanced CodeLens Capabilities

Diagnostic Tool Enhancements

JavaSript, JSON, CSS, and HTML Editor Improvements

Smart Unit Tests

UI debugging tools for XAML

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ASP.NET 4.6.1 Support

Visual Studio 2013 supports ASP.NET 4.6.1 with the .NET Framework 4.6.1 Developer Pack.

ASP.NET 4.5.2 Support

Visual Studio 2013 comes with .NET Framework 4.5.2 support.

Improved XAML Design Time Support

Drag visual guides from rulers to precisely place elements and create custom layouts with ease. The XAML editor supports IntelliSense for databinding and resources and smart commenting.

Async-Aware Debugging

Angular.js Support In Editor

Peek Definition

Use the Peek Definition command to view and edit code without having to switch away from the code that you are writing.

Enhanced Scrollbar Control

When working with long code files, you can customize the code window scroll bar to give you a better view of what is happening in your code.

Diagnostic Tools

VS 2013 includes .NET Framework memory analysis, enhanced unit test filtering, enhanced C++ code analysis rules categorization and filtering.

LightSwitch Tooling Support

Microsoft LightSwitch is integrated into Visual Studio 2013.

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Search Everywhere

Visual Studio adds search functions that span the entire environment including code, menus, dialog boxes and controlsâ€"but also extends across the entire environment.

Asynchronous Programming Support

For more responsive applications, Visual Studio 2012 supports new async methods modifiers and wait operators in C# and Visual Basic languages.

Portable Libraries

VS 2012 provides tooling for several different platform such as desktop, web, Windows Phone and Xbox 360.

ASP.NET 4.5 Support

Visual Studio 2012 comes with .NET Framework 4.5 and will support developing applications targeting Windows 8. NOTE: Our platform is at .NET 4.5.2 now and is backward compatible with .NET 4.5.

Project Compatibility

Project compatibility means that developers using different versions of Visual Studio can work together.

Revamped User Interface

The Microsoft team has worked hard to de-clutter the interface design so that you can remain focused on your development tasks without distraction.

App Store Publishing

There are many application marketplaces such as the Windows Phone Marketplace for Windows Phone. Visual Studio 2012 offers integrated tools to publish applications to app stores so that you can expose your application to a large market.

LightSwitch is now included

Microsoft LightSwitch is integrated into Visual Studio 2012.

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Support for Multiple Monitors

Document windows such as the Code Editor and the Design view window can float outside the IDE window, so you can drag the Code Editor and view it side by side with the Design view window.

Tools to Help You Quickly Explore Code

The new Code Editor makes code easier to read as you can zoom in on text and scroll with the mouse wheel. When you click a symbol in your code, all instances of that symbol are highlighted. A new Navigate To feature provides search-as-you-type support for files, types, and members. Navigate To enables you to take advantage of Camel casing and underscores to abbreviate your search text, so you can use for example, "AOH" to search for "AddOrderHeader."

ASP.NET 4.0 Support

Visual Studio 2010 comes with .NET Framework 4.0 and will support developing applications targeting Windows 7. NOTE: Our platform is at .NET 4.5.2 now and is backward compatible with .NET 4.0.

Improved Silverlight Development

Visual Studio 2010 will have integrated support for developing Microsoft Silverlight applications, including an interactive designer, and the designer support is the same for Silverlight as it is for WPF projects.

One Click Publish

You can publish to a server by using the Web Deployment Tool, FTP, and folder copying, in one click. Visual Studio stores all the setting information, such as publish method, server information, and user credentials.

web.config Transformation

You can configure your project to transform the web.config file during deployment, so that when you deploy a project, the settings in web.config automatically match the settings on your debug, staging, and production servers.

Web Packages

The Web Deployment Tool, also known as MS Web Deploy, allows you to package your Web application for deployment. The Web Deployment Tool is integrated into Visual Studio and enables you to create Web packages with one click.

LightSwitch 2011

Microsoft released LightSwitch 2011 out-of-band and can be integrated with Visual Studio 2010.

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LINQ

A key addition in VS2008 is support for Language Integrated Query (LINQ), which contributes to rapid application development.

New Web Design Interface

Visual Studio 2008 incorporates a new Web designer that uses the design engine from Expression Web. Moving between design and source view is faster and the new split view capability means you can edit the HTML source and simultaneously see the results on the page. Support for style sheets in separate files is added. In addition, a CSS properties pane which clarifies the often times complex hierarchy of cascading styles, so that it is easier to understand. Visual Studio 2008 has full WYSIWYG support for building and using ASP.NET Nested Master Pages which greatly improves the ability to build a Web site with a consistent look and feel.

In Visual Studio 2008 introduces client-side JavaScript Intellisense support. Not only does the Intellisense give standard JavaScript keyword support, but it automatically infers variable types and provides method, property and event support from any number of included script files. Similarly, the JavaScript debugging support now allows for the deep Watch and Locals support in JavaScript.

Multi-targeting Support

In previous versions of Visual Studio, you could only build projects that targeted a single version of the .NET Framework. With Visual Studio 2008 supports "multi-targeting". Through a simple drop-down, you can decide if you want your project to target .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0 or 3.5. The builds, the Intellisense, the toolbox, etc. will all adjust to the feature set of the specific version of the .NET Framework which you choose. This allows you to take advantage of the new features in Visual Studio 2008, like the Web design interface, and the improved JavaScript support, and still build your projects for their current runtime versions.

Visual Studio 2005 hosting pricing »

Visual Studio 2005 Compatible Hosting

Visual Studio 2005 contains more than 50 new controls and will help accelerate the programming of common web development tasks, including logins, menus, navigation controls, wizards, and more.

ASP.NET 2.0 is available on all our Windows Hosting Platforms. Customers can avoid the need for service interruptions due to server migration. For increased convenience and customer choice, DiscountASP.NET customers can choose which ASP.NET version they wish to develop against using our real-time ASP.NET Version Chooser tool in the Control Panel IIS Tools section.

Visual Studio 2012 Express hosting pricing »

Visual Studio 2012 Express is part of the Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 family and provides development tools for creating modern applications on the latest platforms and building rich data driven web applications with ASP.NET 4.5.2. Visual Web Developer 2012 Express Edition is available free from Microsoft.

Visual Web Developer 2010 Express Edition hosting pricing »

Visual Web Developer 2010 Express Edition is part of the latest version of the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 family and provides an easy-to-use environment for creating powerful Web applications and building rich data driven web applications with ASP.NET 4.0. Visual Web Developer 2010 Express Edition is available free from Microsoft.

Visual Web Developer 2008 Express hosting pricing »

Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition (VWD) is part of the latest version of the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 family and provides an easy-to-use environment for creating powerful Web applications and building rich data driven web applications with ASP.NET 3.5. Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition is available free from Microsoft.

Visual Web Developer 2005 Express hosting pricing »

Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition is part of the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 family and provides an easy-to-use environment for creating powerful Web applications and building rich data driven web applications with ASP.NET 2.0. Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition is available free from Microsoft.