How useful is Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition for commercial use?

[jayakrishnan]

The Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions FAQ clarifies on point 7 to the question "Can I use Express Editions for commercial use?" with the reply that "Yes, there are no licensing restrictions for applications built using Visual Studio Express EditionsIntrigued by the fact that there are no licensing restrictions, I wanted to find out exactly how

Comments

[anonymous]

I'd add that all 3rd party VS plugins require the Pro edition.

Unit tests

[anonymous]

I would also add that the Visual Express doesnt have any support for unit testing at all. And that makes Express not applicable for commercial development

[leroyfoard]

IF microsoft doesn't want any add-in in express, they could have disabled the functionality in the IDE.

Cross-Platform Development

[anonymous]

If you're doing cross-platform development using CMake and a unit testing framework that outputs to the debug window of Visual Studio and if you don't need MFC and Ressources anyway, you can perfectly use it for commercial development :-)

[anonymous]

If your a java programmer and maybe want to do some c++ com programming, Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition works perfect.

[anonymous]

Very nicely done. Useful info, succinct presentation.
Thanks.