What software you need
Software option #1: Full editions of
Visual Studio 2010
To develop Visual Basic applications, you can use any
of the full editions of Visual Studio 2010, including
the Professional Edition, the Premium Edition, or the
Ultimate Edition. All of these come with everything
you need to develop VB 2010 applications, including
the Visual Studio development environment, version 4
of the Microsoft .NET Framework, Visual Basic 2010 (as
well as C# 2010), and a scaled-back version of SQL Server
called SQL Server Express.
Software option #2: Free editions of
Visual Studio components
You can download the following Express Editions of
Visual Studio software from Microsoft's web site for
free:
- Visual Basic 2010 Express Edition
- SQL Server Express Edition
Together, these two products provide all of the components
that you need to develop Windows Forms applications
in Visual Basic 2010.
You may note a few minor variations, though, from what's
shown in our book, which is based on the Professional
Edition. That's because Visual Basic 2010 Express is
a scaled-back version of what you get in the full editions.
But all the skills that you learn and all the applications
that you develop with the Express Edition will still
work if you upgrade to one of the full editions later
on.
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