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Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition available for download

I'm glad to announce that Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition has officially shipped, and is now available for immediate download.  Here is a quick summary of some of the great new capabilities in this release: 

  • Tools to Design Web Pages 
    • Use the new Split View pane which shows both the visual designer as well as the corresponding markup
    • Build CSS enabled pages with the new Manage Styles and CSS Properties windows to easily design, preview, and apply CSS styles to your Web page
    • Build JavaScript and AJAX-enabled applications more easily with improvements to JavaScript IntelliSense and debugging and built-in support for ASP.NET AJAX
    • Download the free AJAX Control Toolkit which includes over 30 AJAX controls including rounded corners, drop shadows, animation, ratings, slide shows, ratings, and more
  • Easily Build Data-Driven Web sites
    • Build applications using LINQ (Language Integrated Query) which adds data querying capabilities for SQL Server, XML, and objects to Visual Basic and Visual C#
    • Use new data controls like the List View control and the LINQ Data Source control to build dynamic Web pages
  • Easily Publish and Share
    • Download Popfly Explorer to publish HTML, CSS, and JavaScript pages directly to your free Popfly site
    • Use the built-in Copy Web Site tools to publish both ASP.NET pages and SQL Server databases to any hoster that supports FTP or FrontPage Server Extensions

We hope you enjoy the new product!

-Visual Web Developer Team

Posted: Monday, November 19, 2007 6:21 PM by WebDevTools

Comments

WynApse said:

VS2008, .NET 3.5, and 2008 Express versions released today

# November 19, 2007 2:43 PM

Joseph said:

Anyone have any idea when the ReportViewer component will become available for Express 2008 (if it's not already)?

# November 19, 2007 2:52 PM

Mike said:

Congratulations, well done!

# November 19, 2007 5:48 PM

Yousef Shorman said:

Good job

# November 19, 2007 5:49 PM

bkchung's WebLog said:

Visual Studio 2008을 위하여 수십개의 팀에서 쏟아져나온 수백가지의 새로운 기능들을 일목요연하게 정리한다는 것은 쉽지 않은 일일 것입니다. 그래서 각각이 정리한 새 기능들

# November 20, 2007 12:23 AM

ナオキにASP.NET（仮） said:

すっかり失念していました。 ono さんに聞いてみた所 ベータ2 段階でマルチターゲッティング機能は無かったとの事なので、VWD 2008 製品版では .NET 3.5 のみの開発となるようです。 Your

# November 20, 2007 1:13 AM

Noticias externas said:

Visual Studio 2008을 위하여 수십개의 팀에서 쏟아져나온 수백가지의 새로운 기능들을 일목요연하게 정리한다는 것은 쉽지 않은 일일 것입니다. 그래서 각각이 정리한 새 기능들

# November 20, 2007 1:22 AM

Cameron Singe said:

Great job, I just wondering how to use MVC in the VWD 2008, I can't find in the web site options

# November 20, 2007 1:46 AM

Indigo blog said:

Leo en http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2007/11/19/visual-web-developer-2008-express-edition

# November 20, 2007 9:27 AM

Offers said:

Get it while its fresh and free! Find the details and links to downloads here http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2007/11/19/visual-web-developer-2008-express-edition-available-for-download.asp...

# November 20, 2007 12:47 PM

WebDevTools said:

Hi Cameron,

The MVC framework has not shipped officially yet.  When it does ship, it will add templates to the VWD product.

I recommend reading ScottGu's blog - http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu for the latest news on the MVC framework front.

--Omar (Visual Web Developer Team)

# November 20, 2007 1:17 PM

richard_deeming said:

Any update on Web Deployment Projects for VS2008?

http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2007/07/27/visual-studio-2008-beta-2-silverlight.aspx

# November 20, 2007 3:15 PM

richard_deeming said:

Is there any update on Web Deployment Projects for VS2008?

# November 21, 2007 7:04 AM

roryok said:

I'm just wondering if the work-around for multi-targeting support in vs2008 RTM is still required?

In the workaround post, it stated that the workaround would *not* be required for the final RTM edition, however when using the new non-beta version of VWD 2008 Express I still can't get an asp.net ajax 1.0 site up and running.

This is pretty important to me as the .net hosting I have only supports .net 2.0, and the hosts have said they have no plans to implement 3.5

Is the workaround still required? I'd prefer to get ajax 1.0 support up and running without the workaround, if that is possible with the new release?

# November 22, 2007 9:25 AM

Navaneeth said:

Hi,

Nice to hear it. Will this includes built in development support for Silverlight ?

# November 22, 2007 9:50 AM

WebDevTools said:

Hi Richard,

We plan to ship an updated Web Deployment projects add-on that works with VS2008 in the coming weeks.  Web deployment does not integrate with VWD however.

--Omar

# November 26, 2007 4:18 PM

WebDevTools said:

Hi Navaneeth,

Silverlight support is not included in VWD2008.  We are looking at enabling it in the future.  In the meantime you can use the VS 2008 Silverlight Tools Add-on for Beta2.  We will be shipping an updated add-on for VS 2008 in the coming weeks.

-Omar

# November 26, 2007 4:20 PM

nikhil said:

can anyone tell me what are the advantages of vs2008 over its express editions.?

# December 7, 2007 2:52 AM

James said:

I've installed all the pre-req's (VWD 2008 Express, .net 3.5 Framework, ADO.net Entity Framework 1.0 and the ASP .net extensions) however when creating a new website I don't seem to get the "ASP.NET MVC Web Application" (as mentioned in Scott Gu's blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/11/13/asp-net-mvc-framework-part-1.aspx) template to in the new web site dialog box? Is there anything else that I need to do? Thanks

# December 12, 2007 5:49 AM

paulpark said:

Are there any plans to include components for integration with the ebay api? I think I've seen something for Facebook, I wondered if there was something similar for ebay.

# December 13, 2007 9:38 AM

Mohan said:

I have C# 2008 Express Edition installed on my PC.

While creating new a project I am not getting the following templates.

1. Web Application

2. ASP.NET MVC Web Application

Can anyone help me to get the above templates

# December 14, 2007 8:14 PM

Keshav Jeet said:

Hi all I have avery simple question does VWD 2008 Express edition support .NET framework 2.0?

# December 18, 2007 1:53 AM

WebDevTools said:

Hello Keshav,

Yes VWD 2008 does support building an application that runs on .NET Framework 2.0.

-Omar

# December 18, 2007 3:01 AM

Monir said:

how can i add silverlight support for Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition??

i need Silverlight Tools Alpha for Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition

because the (Silverlight Tools Alpha for Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2) doesnt work with the express edition ...

please reply as soon as possible

Thanks for help....

# January 20, 2008 6:27 PM

mram said:

VWD 2008 is not complete with some very basic functions. Gone is CSS Positioning options. Things such as labels and checkboxes cannot be dropped from the toolbox absolutely.

In addition, you cannot select multiple controls on a webpage! What!?! It has the nifty Layout toolbar, but if someone cannot select multiple controls, what's the point!?!

These were things that were covered in 2005, but not 2008.

VWD 2005 > VWD 2008

Very disappointing.

# February 1, 2008 7:01 PM
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