In some ways Visual Web Developer is the most interesting of the new line of "Express" products being previewed now by Microsoft, because it doesn't have a direct analog in the Visual Studio .NET 2003 ...

Microsoft kicked off another "Spark' program today to seed the development audience for its Web tools and platforms. The global program lowers the barrier to entry for Web professionals and smaller ...

® SQL Server (TM) and Visual Studio® product lines to include new tools for hobbyists, enthusiasts and students. The Express products offer lightweight, easy-to-use and easy-to-learn products that ...

Microsoft introduced the ASP.NET Web Matrix integrated development environment to provide an inexpensive method for creating ASP.NET Web applications and services. This is a valuable tool for creating ...

Aiming to reach a larger audience of software developers, Microsoft Tuesday announced slimmed-down “Express” editions of its Visual Studio developer tool for specific programming languages. In ...

When Microsoft's Expression Web went gold last December, the company simultaneously announced that the FrontPage replacement wouldn't be available to MSDN subscribers, because it wasn't a development ...

Microsoft announced today the release of Web Platform Installer (Web PI) 1.0, a free downloadable tool designed to help install the Microsoft Web Platform or its components. The whole platform can be ...

REDMOND, Wash. — March 21, 2005 — Microsoft Corp. today detailed pricing and licensing terms for Visual Studio® 2005, its comprehensive application development tool set, as well as simplification of ...

Same tools, but now you can finally stop renting them ...

Over the course of last week, Scott Guthrie, vice president of Microsoft’s Developer Division, showcased a range of new web development tools that the company is working on. These were a prelude to ...