Microsoft Visual Studio is an IDE for the .NET family of languages.
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Are there deals (free or low cost) to license Visual Studio for open-source developers?
I have several open-source projects, but I no longer have a license for Visual Studio.
I heard that Resharper has some kind of deal for open-source project contributors.
Is there something similar ...
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What's the difference between ASP.NET Web Applications and Websites?
Currently, I am reading Pro ASP.NET 4 in C# and in it, two ways of creating a web application are described:
Website
Web Application Project
In which scenarios should I choose the former over the ...
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Why isn't the line count in Visual Studio zero-based?
This just struck me as an oversight by Microsoft. Since arrays and other data-structures within the .NET framework begin from zero (zero-based) why don't we have a line 0 within the code view in ...
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Which features from other IDEs/editors you wish you have in Visual Studio? [closed]
What are the features of other IDEs or editors you wish you have in Visual Studio? Here I am asking mainly for built-in features. So, if a feature is available via some plug-ins, still you can state ...
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Good practice on Visual Studio Solutions
Hopefully a relativity simple question. I'm starting work on a new internal project to create tractability of repaired devices within the buildings.
The database is stored remotely on a webserver, ...
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What are ways I can speed of development time when building applications? [closed]
I noticed that overtime with experience that the curve of learning shifts from trying to learn a language or technology (the way it works) to how to develop applications faster and with less code. I ...
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Boss wants to covert all developers to virtualized desktops…help [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Thoughts on Development using Virtual Machines
My boss has been singing the praises of leveraging virtualized desktops for all our developers in the company - about 100 ...
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Is there any evidence that Intellisense reduces productivity? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should newbies use IDE autocomplete (Intellisense)?
I was having a conversation with another developer the other night about the pros and cons of Visual Studio. He was ...
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What is Visual Studio Lightswitch and how does it differ from normal Visual Studio versions?
How is Visual Studio Lightswitch different from regular Visual Studio? In what sort of situations would you use this IDE over regular Visual Studio?
I'm trying to decide if this is something that ...
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Is Visual Studio Express suitable for commercial application development?
If I were to develop a Silverlight game and publish it to a site where you can play it for free is the use considered to be commercial or personal?
What about if the site has adverts on, is it then ...
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Wise way to implement a website login and database tables for a small shop
Im building this website for a small store and I was told that its better not to keep the login and the rest of the users information on the same table.
Now im wondering, what is the best way to ...
