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Back in the "old days" (and by old, we mean before 2002), several development products were packaged under the name Visual Studio, and each was its own standalone product. Visual Studio v6.0 included Visual C++, Visual Basic, and Visual InterDev. InterDev was the Web development tool used for the old Active Server Pages. I doubt you'll find many developers these days who have anything nice to say about InterDev.Chapter 6, "The Nuts and Bolts of IIS and Web Applications."Meanwhile, a free tool called WebMatrix was released on Microsoft's www.asp.net Web site. Remember that the .NET Framework and the software development kit (SDK) have always been available as free downloads, so in theory you could code a Windows application with Notepad and the compiler included in the SDK. WebMatrix gave users a somewhat nicer "mini-IDE" to get their feet wet with ASP.NET. Although it lacked the hardcore features found in Visual Studio, it did provide kind of a preview and testing ground for features that would make their way into the next version of Visual Studio.Visual Studio 2005 (note that they dropped ".NET" from the name) is the latest version of the product, and it accompanies the release of v2.0 of the .NET Framework. This version is loaded with enhancements, especially for Web developers. In addition to the newer code-behind model, it facilitates deployment and offers Intellisense everywhere (including in pages), a visual designer that doesn't mangle your HTML, XHTML compliance (which comes in combination with improved server controls), visual designing of master template pages, no-compile coding, a built-in Web server that allows for project-less development without IIS, and more.Along with Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft has also produced inexpensive, slightly less functional, individual "express" products. There is one for each primary language, plus a lighter version of SQL Server 2005 and Visual Web Developer 2005 Express (VWD). VWD is a steal because it offers a new class of developer access to the power of Visual Studio. It does have a few limitations, though. It doesn't allow multiple projects because there are no "solutions," so you can't build a class library in one project and then reference it from a Web project. It lacks the built-in pre-compilation feature, though this can still be accomplished with a command line tool in the SDK. It also lacks the server explorer feature. It doesn't do Windows forms development at all. Conversely, the language-specific products do not allow you to develop ASP.NET applications.Because corporate spending can be a serious roller coaster, we understand that not everyone will have the latest version of Visual Studio, so we'll cover some of the issues involved with all versions.
