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CHAPTER 2 BUILDING C# APPLICATIONS 51 Visual C# 2005 Express,Visual C++ 2005 Express, and Visual J# 2005 Express: Targeted IDEs for students and enthusiasts who wish to learn the fundamentals of computer science in their syntax of choice SQL Server 2005 Express: An entry-level database management system geared toward hobbyists, enthusiasts, and student developers Note At the time of this writing, the Express family products are available as public betas free of charge. By and large, Express products are slimmed-down versions of their Visual Studio 2005 counterparts and are primarily targeted at .NET hobbyists and students. Like SharpDevelop, Visual C# 2005 Express provides various browsing tools, aWindows Forms designer, the Add References dialog box, IntelliSense capabilities, and code expansion templates. As well, Visual C# 2005 Express offers a few (important) features currently not available in SharpDevelop, including An integrated graphical debugger Tools to simplify access to XML web services Because the look and feel of Visual C# 2005 Express is so similar to that of Visual Studio 2005 (and, to some degree, SharpDevelop) I do not provide a walk-through of this particular IDE here. If you do wish to learn more about the product, look up my article An Introduction to Programming Using Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition online at http://msdn.microsoft.com. The Big Kahuna: Building .NET Applications Using Visual Studio 2005 If you are a professional .NET software engineer, the chances are extremely good that your employer has purchased Microsoft s premier IDE, Visual Studio 2005, for your development endeavors (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio). This tool is far and away the most feature-rich and enterpriseready IDE examined in this chapter. Of course, this power comes at a price, which will vary based on the version of Visual Studio 2005 you purchase. As you might suspect, each version supplies a unique set of features. My assumption during the remainder of this text is that you have chosen to make use of Visual Studio 2005 as your IDE of choice. Do understand that owning a copy of Visual Studio 2005 is not required for you to use this edition of the text. In the worst case, I may examine an option that is not provided by your IDE. However, rest assured that all of this book s sample code will compile just fine when processed by your tool of choice. Note Once you download the source code for this book from the Downloads area of the Apress website (http://www.apress.com), you may load the current example into Visual Studio 2005 by double-clicking the example s *.sln file. If you are not using Visual Studio 2005, you will need to manually configure your IDE to compile the provided *.cs files.
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