Customer Reviews
Dang Wicked Awesome 
2003-08-27
First of all...I'm not a Microsoft employee nor do I own any of their stock. So, with that said, this is The Best Damn Development Tool, Period! With the purchase of this single piece of software, anyone (and I mean anyone) can learn how to build, test, and deploy (i.e. deliver) professional-grade windows applications.
If you are a C++/MFC developer and thinking of migrating to the the .NET platform. Number 1 - DO IT; Number 2 - USE C#; Number 3 - BUY THE STANDARD VERSION. I, too, was a C++/MFC developer for 5 years. Then, as luck would have it, a project came up where we could flirt with C#, and in literally half the time, we had a more advanced prototype than our C++/MFC prototype. The big hitters were intuitiveness of the language, speed of the compiles, auto-documenation generation (check-out NDoc software), and profession delivery via .msi files.
The professional version is totally over kill for what most businesses need and has more features than you'll ever use. Don't waste you money playing the I-might-use-that-feature-somtime-in-the-future game. The standard edition allows for the complete development of any size software. The 2003 version has fixed a number of quirks found in the last version (which was amazingly stable for a 1.0). One thing to remember if migrating form VC#.NET 2002 to 2003 is that any project build under 2002 must be converted to 2003 and those changes can't be undone. This really isn't an issue for mose people, including myself.
Great for everyday Windows programming 2006-01-31
We use this suite to build front-end Windows applications for exotic equity pricing models and we bought it because 1) we didn't need all the fancy, advanced libraries the more expensive packages include and 2) this is cheap. The package is easy to install and the environment easy to navigate. We are very happy with it and will buy the upgraded version to keep up with the latest .NET feature.
Great Windows programming tool, possibly the best 2005-10-01
For an amateur programmer like myself, C# provides an easy-to-use fun way to write professional-looking Windows applications with very little overhead. If you know Java and had played with Visual C++, C# will come naturally to you. It is completely object-oriented, there are no pointers (even though you may use them if you really need to), a very easy-to-understand object model, a powerful forms editor, and a sophisticated debugger. C++-like templates allow you to design and write any type of programs without worrying too much about necessary components. An extensive class library provides tools for anything you may think of. MSDN library included in the package provides great real-time help with a number of examples. Overall, C# is easier than Java, as powerful as C++, and is accessible to people who are not professional programmers. Great product!
Gets the job done! 
2005-07-12
Microsoft Visual C# privides the ability to create applications, and web solutions - in short, it gets the job done.
careful 
2004-06-20
There is a typo in the feature list on this page...
It mentions that this product supports development of Compact.NET applications for mobile phones and pocketpc's however this is incorrect. The standard edition does not support pocketpc development, only the professional edition that comes in visual studio supports it. I bought the product partially because i thought i could make programs for my ppc. :/ Other than lack of PPC support in this standard edition, visual C# standard seems like a decent program for web development or quickly making windows apps.
The Best Language Ever 2004-04-13
Tis is the most powerful and Dynamic tool for programmers even JAVA or other platforms, Is so easy the OOP process and Web Services XML Creation
