   Visual Studio/C+/C#/VB edition opinions please
  I saw (just now) that the Visual Studio Express Editions are FREE. I wonder however how they compare to the other actual VS editions (ex. Pro), 2003 or 2005 makes no difference.edit: since some of us here make "xxx" a big deal.[Edited by - Alpha_ProgDes on December 7, 2005 3:06:15 PM]
  Not what I expected the post to be about with that title  Visual "xxx";  LOL, same.Visual Studio 2005 edition comparisons;  The xxx edition comes in a bigger box which holds a roll of paper towel and some extra printed material. It might be extra manuals, but I don't have that edition so I'm not sure.I do know the logo looks like this:;  This topic was originally called Visual XXX? [grin]   ;Quote:Original post by Alpha_ProgDesedit: since some of us here make "xxx" a big deal. This is why I use ZZZ to mark evilness in my source files, instead of XXX.   ;  I got the std edition free at the launch event, and had hoped to use that at home. (we use Team System at work) But there are 2 major drawbacks to the std edition that Im sure are also in the express editions.1) No making dll's (exe's only)2) NO making MSI's (OneClick only);  I'm using the C# Express edition and I love it. There is not much difference with the 2003 editions, except the Win Forms 2.0 is insanely awesome.Also, it supports generics(Which I like) and the WinForms are prettier and more easy to work with in some cases. Oh, and of course partial classes to hide all the Auto-generated clutter from you.In regard with JustAddWater, I can make DLLs perfectly fine. I think JustAddWater needs to read a bit more in the manuals of how to make DLLs, since it works fine here.Toolmaker   ;  @Toolmaker if that the case then awesome... Thats what i get for saying something that I heard without actually checkin myself   