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Microsoft Visual Studio Express Versions

vo1stv edited this page Oct 14, 2013 · 4 revisions

A number of open-source options exist of Windows users, but Microsoft also occasionally releases express versions of their Visual Studio product. These products allow Windows user to receive a free license key in order to develop software for the Windows operating system. A white-paper on the end-user license is avaiable from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13350.

Refer to the subheadings below for details about how to acquire these versions.

A walk-through showing how to compile and test ScalaZ3 using the 2012 Express editions is given on the page titled ScalaZ3 and Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows Desktop.

Visual Studio 2012 Express

You may download the Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows Desktop from http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads#d-2012-express

Visual Studio 2010 Express

You may download the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express for C++ from http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads#d-2010-express