Designed for the unique needs of the new Web Developer, Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition provides a fun, easy to use, easy to learn tool for building dynamic Web applications.

Features:

• Enjoy a streamlined development environment that is focused on the needs of hobbyists, enthusiasts, and students.
• Use a developer tool that grows with you—by simply upgrading within the Visual Studio product line as your development needs grow.
• Provides everything you need to begin building Web applications out of the box.
• Create great looking and easy-to-use Web applications using an intuitive, WYSIWYG, drag-and-drop user interface designer.
• Take advantage of more than 60 new reusable controls and hundreds of reusable code snippets to reduce the time needed to create engaging, interactive Web applications.
• Use Master Pages to manage a consistent site layout in one place.
• Let IntelliSense give you fast access to methods and libraries for use within your applications.
• Common Tasks and Smart Tags place commonly accessed Web building functionality one click away.
• Build your first dynamic, data-driven Web site.
• Design your databases and queries visually using a drag-and-drop data designer.
• Use time-saving Wizards to easily connect to your data.
• Connect user interfaces to data using “drag and drop” instead of having to write code.
• Find great hosting offers for applications you build using Visual Web Developer Express.
• Use built-in copy-Web functionality to get your Web site live in minutes over FTP.

Important: Before installing, you must uninstall any previous versions of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and the .NET Framework 2.0.

System Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3
  • Minimum of 192 MB of RAM (384 MB preferred)
  • At least a 1 GHz processor (1.6 GHz preferred)
• Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows Vista SP1
  • Minimum of 768 MB of RAM (1 GB preferred)
  • At least a 1.6 GHz processor (2.2 GHz preferred)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
  • Minimum of 768 MB of RAM (1 GB preferred)
  • At least a 1.6 GHz processor (2.2 GHz preferred)