{"id":2233,"date":"2012-09-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vcblog\/2012\/09\/12\/visual-studio-express-2012-for-windows-desktop\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T18:41:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T18:41:35","slug":"visual-studio-express-2012-for-windows-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cppblog\/visual-studio-express-2012-for-windows-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span>As you may have seen, Soma <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/somasegar\/archive\/2012\/09\/12\/visual-studio-2012-and-net-4-5-launch.aspx\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">announced<\/span><\/a><span> today that Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop is now available for <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?linkid=264721\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">download<\/span><\/a><span>.&nbsp; For C++ developers, the Express for Windows Desktop includes many of the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/vcblog\/archive\/2012\/08\/14\/10339695.aspx\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">new C++ investments<\/span><\/a><span> we made in Visual Studio 2012, including <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/nativeconcurrency\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">C++ AMP<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/vcblog\/archive\/2011\/09\/12\/10209291.aspx\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">improvements to C++ 11 Standards conformance<\/span><\/a><span>, improvements to the compiler and linker, and the IDE.&nbsp; It also includes the 64-bit cross-compiler and 64-bit C++ libraries, the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/jasonz\/archive\/2012\/05\/22\/my-favorite-features-unit-testing-enhancements-in-visual-studio-11.aspx\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">C++ unit testing<\/span><\/a><span> introduced in Visual Studio 2012, and a targeted set of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/vcblog\/archive\/2011\/11\/09\/10235454.aspx\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">code analysis<\/span><\/a><span> rules to help you build more reliable applications.&nbsp; And while we&rsquo;re still working on the update that will <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/vcblog\/archive\/2012\/06\/15\/10320645.aspx\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">enable targeting Windows XP<\/span><\/a><span>, it will be supported with Express for Windows Desktop when it&rsquo;s available. &nbsp;Head on over to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/visualstudio\/archive\/2012\/09\/12\/visual-studio-express-2012-for-windows-desktop-is-here.aspx\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">this post<\/span><\/a><span><span> on the Visual Studio Team blog to join the discussion about what&rsquo;s new in Express for desktop development.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span>Jennifer Leaf<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span>Senior Program Manager<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span>Visual C++<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you may have seen, Soma announced today that Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop is now available for download.&nbsp; 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