Subj : Visual Studio
To   : Nightfox
From : art
Date : Sat Dec 05 2009 16:17:00

  Re: Visual Studio
  By: Nightfox to art on Fri Dec 04 2009 13:38:30

 > There are actually some differences between the Express versions and the
 > Professional editions..  I noticed that Visual C++ Express does not come wit
 > the resource editor, which is included in the Professional edition.  The
 > resource editor can be fairly handy for including things like icons, bitmaps
 > (graphic data), etc. in your executable.  I'm sure there are other features
 > that aren't included in the Express editions too..

Yes, it comes with a lot of extras like built-in context-sensitive help and
more, which is generally really handy... however the basic Express edition is
all knowledgeable programmers would probably need, apart from API docs which
are available on MSDN's website. A great move on Microsoft's part to release
Express editions for free, given that netbeans and eclipse have similar
strategies.

 > I haven't used Microsoft's SQL Server, but I've used MySQL and PostgreSQL an
 > must say that they're pretty good for free products.  I believe that
 > open-source products (such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Linux, Apache, etc.) really
 > seem to be competitive with other proprietary solutions that cost a lot of
 > money.

Yep, I use MySQL for many things as well, however MSSQL definitely has it's
benefits. I guess I'm biased as we are a Microsoft partner at work, and almost
all our clients use MSSQL, I'm much more familiar with the MSSQL Management
tools/client end. To each his own, I guess. The big killer is that MySQL is
free whereas MSSQL's free version is somewhat more crippled.

Kind regards,
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