Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate is the comprehensive suite of application lifecycle management tools for teams to ensure quality results, from design to deployment. Whether you re creating new solutions or enhancing existing applications, Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate lets you bring your vision to life targeting an increasing number of platforms and technologies?including cloud and parallel computing.

Microsoft Expression Web, code named Quartz, is an HTML editor and general web design program by Microsoft. It is part of the Expression Studio suite. It is not considered by Microsoft to be a WYSIWYG editor[1], nor is it touted as such. The EW community FAQ describes EW as an HTML editor that is designed to make quality, standards compliant websites that display properly on all browsers. Expression Web can design and develop web pages using XML, CSS 2.1, ASP.NET or ASP.NET AJAX, XHTML, XSLT, PHP and JavaScript. EW4 requires the .NET Framework 4.0 and Silverlight 4.0 to install and run.[2]. Microsoft SharePoint Designer provides related Microsoft technology. It offers Visual Studio support for ASP.NET applications. It has some legacy support for classic ASP. Expression Web uses its own standards based rendering engine which is different from Internet Explorer s Trident engine. Microsoft Expression Web provides the ability to install add ons from third party developers, extending its capabilities.



Microsoft Expression Blend is a user interface design tool developed and sold by Microsoft for creating graphical interfaces for web and desktop applications that blend the features of these two types of applications. It is an interactive, WYSIWYG front end for designing XAML based interfaces for Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight applications. It is one of the applications in the Microsoft Expression Studio suite. Expression Blend supports the WPF text engine with advanced OpenType typography and ClearType, vector based 2D widgets, and 3D widgets with hardware acceleration via DirectX.

Microsoft Expression Studio opens up a new world of creative possibility. Its professional design tools give you the freedom to make your vision real whether youre designing for standards based Web sites, rich desktop experiences, or Silverlight.

“Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta” released by scene group KOPiE, it helps you to solve the specific business needs by enabling you to quickly create professional-quality business applications, regardless of your development skills. LightSwitch is a new addition to the Visual Studio family.