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A look at Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Beta

Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Beta is one of Microsoft’s new incarnamtions. Designed for beginners and hobbyists, it is easy to use and learn … (like other Visual Basic editions, like versions 6 and earlier) and is free to download. Microsoft doesn’t provide that much information on VB2005EE home page, but I’m sure more will be released soon, along with the 1.0 release of it. As time goes on, I’ll cover more on this topic.

Update: Microsoft states on the Express Editions FAQ page that they will cost $50 a pop. What used to be free now costs money. Typical for a Microsoft product. The newer versions have been free since the release.

Update: It will be free until November 7, 2006