Visual Web Developer 2010 Express

Framework, web server, database, and tools you need to build and run websites and applications on the Microsoft Web Platform.

Unleash Your Creativity

Get everything you need to start building standards-friendly web applications with the free version of Visual Studio using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer. Visual Web Developer 2010 ExPress is a full-featured web development editor for working with web standards, JavaScript and ASP.NET. This simple, streamlined installer will get your development machine ready to go. In addition, you will get the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform including frameworks, web server and database. Download it now.

Standards Friendly

Easily Create standards-based web sites and expand your audience by making your web sites accessible from a range of browsers and devices. Easily work with XHTML and CSS through Visual Studio’s extensive palette of tools for quickly accessing XHTML and CSS properties. Create clean HTML Markup and CSS layouts using ASP.NET 4 to be standards compliant. Use the built-in tools to ensure your web site is XHTML or WCAG compliant.

JavaScript Front and Center

Features such as syntax highlighting and formatting along with other IntelliSense support helps you work better with JavaScript. Take advantage of the enhanced debugging support for JavaScript and step-through and debug JavaScript just like a server side programming language. In addition, Visual Studio fully supports 3rd party JavaScript frameworks such as jQuery with features such as code auto-completion.

Rich Design Surface

Increase productivity with multi-monitor support. Work in the source view with markup, use the design view to see the rendered layout or use split view to work with both at the same time. Take advantage of the ability to create multiple horizontal or vertical tab groups to Compare Files.

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