Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition

Projects

Interested in creating fun, cool projects that run on Windows?

* The C4F Developer Kit is a collection of managed-code wrappers that expose Windows Vista APIs as drag and drop components and controls
* The Vista P2P Developer Kit offers a collection of WPF and WinForm controls to add Peer-to-Peer functionality to your applications
* The Facebook Developer Kit is a complete toolkit of components and controls for developing applications using Facebook's API

Want to create visually appealing Windows applications?

* Use the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) designer
* Applications are easily customizable using style, templates, skins and themes with a simple change to the rich XML-based format
* Create a WPF-based application to run in a Web browser without any installation by developing a XAML Browser Application

Learning

The Beginner Developer Learning Center is designed for absolute beginners to programming - no experience necessary! You can find step-by-step tutorials and videos on how to create Windows Forms applications, how to data-enable your programs, and introductory lessons that explain the tools and technologies for creating Windows applications.

Tools

Depending on the types of projects you want to create, choose the most appropriate tool to download from among the various Express Editions.

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