Visual Studio 2005 Product Line Overview

 

Visual Studio 2005 Product Line Overview

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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)

 

 

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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)