The standard, pro, and team suite editions of VS have more features than the express edition. No doubt.

We try and use Express as much as we can in our demos. In some cases (like with the Enterprise Library session we’re doing in these sessions), use of VS Standard as a minimum is required. Which is a fair ask – I mean, the use of the enterprise library is for building applications that can scale and perform. And we can’t have multiple editions of VS installed, so we install the ‘highest common factor’ to do all our demos. But for the other 2 sessions we’ll be doing (Language Enhancements in C# & VB.NET and ASP.NET 2.0 WebParts), VS express will suffice.

The probable reason why you’ve seen trainers use Pro, is because that is what they have installed on their system. However, if you look at this chart, you’ll notice that there’s quite a butt-load you can do with express.

This is good feedback, that I’ll share with my evangelist buddies, but rest assured, you can always ask the trainer/presenter if what they’re demo-ing can be accomplished with Express. Fair enough?

Thanks,

Ai

The standard, pro, and team suite editions of VS have more features than the express edition. No doubt.

We try and use Express as much as we can in our demos. In some cases (like with the Enterprise Library session we’re doing in these sessions), use of VS Standard as a minimum is required. Which is a fair ask – I mean, the use of the enterprise library is for building applications that can scale and perform. And we can’t have multiple editions of VS installed, so we install the ‘highest common factor’ to do all our demos. But for the other 2 sessions we’ll be doing (Language Enhancements in C# & VB.NET and ASP.NET 2.0 WebParts), VS express will suffice.

The probable reason why you’ve seen trainers use Pro, is because that is what they have installed on their system. However, if you look at this chart, you’ll notice that there’s quite a butt-load you can do with express.

This is good feedback, that I’ll share with my evangelist buddies, but rest assured, you can always ask the trainer/presenter if what they’re demo-ing can be accomplished with Express. Fair enough?

Thanks,

Ai

It’s a nice gesture for Microsoft to do these free training courses so don’t take this as looking a gift horse in the mouth. Just saying I’ve been to several local training sessions but have yet to attend even one that ever used Visual Studio *Express* for demos. It’s always been the VS Pro versions.

If they intend to use primarily Express for these training sesions please feel free to correct me

It’s a nice gesture for Microsoft to do these free training courses so don’t take this as looking a gift horse in the mouth. Just saying I’ve been to several local training sessions but have yet to attend even one that ever used Visual Studio *Express* for demos. It’s always been the VS Pro versions.

If they intend to use primarily Express for these training sesions please feel free to correct me