For managed projects we included rules that help ensure correct object disposal, comparison, and garbage collection performance. These errors can potentially lead to security vulnerabilities or application crashes if the errors are not fixed. For C++ projects, these rules help detect common coding errors, such as buffer overflows, dereferencing null pointers, using uninitialized variables, or misusing APIs. We added a targeted set of code analysis rules to Express for Windows Desktop, which are the same code analysis rules that we added to Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8. Unit Test project templates are also included so you can start writing unit tests right away. This lets you write, run and debug unit tests directly inside Visual Studio.

To make that possible, Express for Windows Desktop includes our existing unit test framework for C# and Visual Basic and the new native C++ unit test framework. We wanted to make it easy for you to write and run unit tests for your projects. Finally, you can round-trip your projects with Visual Studio 2010 SP1. You can also combine C++, C#, and Visual Basic projects into a single solution, making it easy to write a single application using any of the available languages. In Express for Windows Desktop, you’ll be able to create the same projects that you could in Visual Studio 2010 Express, for example, WinForms, WPF, Console and Class Libraries for Visual Basic and C#, and Win32 projects, class libraries, and CLR apps for C++. Unless otherwise mentioned, the features listed are supported for all languages that are included in Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop – C++, C#, and Visual Basic. I’d also like to answer some of the questions you’ve been asking about what we’re including in this edition. However, in this post I want to tell you about some of the new tools and capabilities in the product that have not been available in any other Express products in the past. It would be impossible to list every feature in Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop.

) This post is written by Jennifer Leaf, one of the program managers working on the new product. (You can find the system requirements and download details here. Today, we are happy to share that this new Express product is available for download.

A few months ago, Soma announced plans for a Visual Studio Express 2012 edition for Windows Desktop.

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