No-cost desktop software development is dead on Windows 8

michaliszissiou

In other words...
"If you want to develop desktop applications—anything that runs at the command line or on the conventional Windows desktop that remains a fully supported, integral, essential part of Windows 8—you'll have two options: stick with the current Visual C++ 2010 Express and Visual C# 2010 Express products, or pay about $400-500 for Visual Studio 11 Professional. A second version, Visual Studio 11 Express for Web, will be able to produce HTML and JavaScript websites, and nothing more."

No-cost desktop software development is dead on Windows 8

You won’t be able to use the free Visual Studio Express to develop desktop apps.

Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)

Jim

Update,

No-cost Windows 8 desktop development returns with Express for Desktop

Microsoft responds to the Windows developer community with a fifth Express SKU.

Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)