The vendor will offer Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop, allowing users of the free version of the development tools to build software with the traditional Windows interface.

After hearing objections from developers, Microsoft will offer a version of its Visual Studio Express 2012 package for desktop application development after all.

Those who develop on Windows will be familiar with Microsoft Visual Studio Express edition products. For the rest, the Express editions are free versions of Microsoft’s popular Visual Studio ...

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

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Looking to woo hobbyists and students, Microsoft will keep its low-end Visual Studio 2005 Express development tool free.

Microsoft's Visual Studio ® Express Edition products, including Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition, will offer developers a low-cost tool to explore game "modding" on Windows.