Subj : Visual Studio
To   : art
From : Nightfox
Date : Sat Dec 05 2009 11:23:00

  Re: Visual Studio
  By: art to Nightfox on Sat Dec 05 2009 16:17:04

 >  > more, which is generally really handy... however the basic Express editio
 >  > all knowledgeable programmers would probably need, apart from API docs wh
 >  > are available on MSDN's website. A great move on Microsoft's part to rele
 >  > Express editions for free, given that netbeans and eclipse have similar
 >  > strategies.

Yeah, I think it's pretty cool that they've released the Express editions for
free.

I just remembered that another thing missing from the Express editions is MFC
(Microsoft's proprietary library for creating a Windows GUI with C++).
However, if you don't need to work on any MFC code, you can install wxWidgets,
which I've found to be a great alternative to MFC in that it's multi-platform
and open-source.

 >  > Yep, I use MySQL for many things as well, however MSSQL definitely has it
 >  > benefits. I guess I'm biased as we are a Microsoft partner at work, and a
 >  > all our clients use MSSQL, I'm much more familiar with the MSSQL Manageme

I understand how that goes.

I had a job for a few years at a company that used purely Linux and other
open-source software.  I had used Linux at home sometimes too, but it helped to
see Linux in action in a business environment.  As long as people are willing
to learn Linux (or perhaps are already familiar with it), it's pretty awesome
to be able to use Linux for business and not have to pay any money for license
fees, upgrading, etc. if you don't want to.  And the software is great, too.

 Nightfox

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