|
Visual Studio 2005 Product Line
Overview |
|
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.
Visual Web Developer includes VC#
and VB |
All |
All |
VB and
VC# |
All |
|
Office development support |
No |
No |
No |
Support
for Excel 2003, Word 2003, InfoPath
2003 and Outlook 2003 |
Support
for Excel 2003, Word 2003, InfoPath
2003 and Outlook 2003 |
|
User experience |
Streamlined |
Streamlined |
Full |
Full |
Full |
|
Windows Forms designer |
VB, VC#,
VC++, VJ# |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Web Forms designer |
Visual
Web Developer |
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, Visual Web
Developer: local and remote
|
All |
All |
All |
All |
|
Documentation |
10mb
"Getting Started"; Starter Kits
targed 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 Server sold
separately) |
|
Debugging |
Local |
Local |
Local /
remote |
Local
|
Local /
remote |
|
64-bit Compiler Support |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
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)
|
|
Feature |
Express
Products |
Visual
Studio Standard Edition |
Visual
Studio Professional Edition |
Visual
Studio Tools For Office |
Visual Studio Team System |
