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Yes, its called Visual Studio Express. You can get web, windows (8.x) app, desktop, TFS, and windows phone versions. http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/product

• rbanffy 13y ago
  And what are the artificial limitations of VS Express for C# projects? What can this alternative do that VS Express can't?
  • mynameismiek 13y ago
    You don't get a lot of the more advanced/business/enterprise-y features like advanced debugging features, very little code metrics, only the more basic unit testing things, no MSDN subscription benefits, no Azure credits. You can still still use Nuget, write unit tests, debug, all of the basic stuff you need to write programs for .NET. The Unreal Engine 4 source works just fine with VS 2013 Express. Xamarin Business and its Visual Studio plugin works just fine in express. You can still connect to TFS, Perforce, or Git repo. edit: to clarify that this is for VS Express compared to VS Pro/Premium/Ultimate not compared to Sharp Develop. edit2: removed that it supports add-ins like Resharper.
    • misnome 13y ago
      I'm pretty sure Resharper doesn't work on the express versions - disappointingly, since it's the only reason I need the higher versions (everything else I want can be done via external tools).
      • mynameismiek 13y ago
        oops you are right. http://resharper-support.jetbrains.com/entries/23865646-Does-ReSharper-work-with-Visual-Studio-Express- http://resharper-support.jetbrains.com/entries/23865646-Does... I'll edit the earlier post and fix that.