{"id":4794,"date":"2007-11-19T13:21:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-19T13:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/webdev\/2007\/11\/19\/visual-web-developer-2008-express-edition-available-for-download\/"},"modified":"2007-11-19T13:21:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-19T13:21:00","slug":"visual-web-developer-2008-express-edition-available-for-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/visual-web-developer-2008-express-edition-available-for-download\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition available for download"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m glad to announce that&nbsp;<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/express\/vwd\/Default.aspx\">Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition<\/a> has officially shipped, and is now available for immediate <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/express\/vwd\/Default.aspx\">download<\/a>.&nbsp; Here is a quick summary of some of the great new capabilities in this release:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><strong>Tools to Design Web&nbsp;Pages&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Use the new <b>Split View<\/b> pane which shows both the visual designer as well as the corresponding markup<\/span> \n<\/li>\n<li><span>Build CSS enabled pages with the new <strong>Manage Styles<\/strong> and <strong>CSS Properties<\/strong> windows to easily design, preview, and apply CSS styles to your Web page<\/span> \n<\/li>\n<li><span>Build JavaScript and AJAX-enabled applications more easily with improvements to JavaScript IntelliSense and debugging and built-in support for ASP.NET AJAX<\/span> \n<\/li>\n<li><span>Download the free AJAX Control Toolkit which includes over 30 AJAX controls including rounded corners, drop shadows, animation, ratings, slide shows, ratings, and more<\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li class=\"padded\"><strong><span>Easily Build Data-Driven Web sites<\/span> <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Build applications using <strong>LINQ<\/strong> (Language Integrated Query) which adds data querying capabilities for SQL Server, XML, and objects to Visual Basic and Visual C#<\/span> \n<\/li>\n<li><span>Use new data controls like the List View control and the LINQ Data Source control to build dynamic Web pages<\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"padded\"><strong><span>Easily Publish and Share<\/span> <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Download <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/express\/popfly\/\">Popfly Explorer<\/a> to publish HTML, CSS, and JavaScript pages directly to your free Popfly site<\/span> \n<\/li>\n<li><span>Use the built-in <strong>Copy Web Site tools<\/strong> to publish both ASP.NET pages and SQL Server databases to any hoster that supports FTP or FrontPage Server Extensions <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We hope you enjoy the new product!<\/p>\n<p>-Visual Web Developer Team<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m glad to announce that&nbsp;Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition has officially shipped, and is now available for immediate download.&nbsp; 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