Visual Basic 2010 Express is part of the Visual Studio 2010 Express family, a free set of tools that Windows developers at any level can use to create custom applications using basic and expert settings. Visual Basic provides a fast and easy way to create .NET Framework-based Windows applications. As with all programs that target the .NET Framework, programs written in Visual Basic benefit from security and language interoperability.

Visual C# 2010 Express is part of the Visual Studio 2010 Express family, a free set of tools that Windows developers at any level can use to create custom applications using basic and expert settings. Visual C# (pronounced C sharp) is designed for building a variety of applications that run on the .NET Framework. Visual C# is simple, powerful, type-safe, and object-oriented. With its many innovations, Visual C# enables rapid application development and also retains the expressiveness and elegance of C-style languages.

Visual C++ 2010 Express is part of the Visual Studio 2010 Express family, a free set of tools that Windows developers at any level can use to create custom applications using basic and expert settings. Visual C++ is a powerful language that is designed to give you deep and detailed control when you build either native Windows (COM+) applications or .NET Framework managed Windows applications.

Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft. It can be used to develop console and graphical user interface applications along with Windows Forms applications, web sites, web applications, and web services in both native code together with managed code.

Get everything you need to start building standards-friendly web applications with the free version of Visual Studio using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer. Visual Web Developer 2010 Express is a full-featured web development editor for working with web standards, JavaScript and ASP.NET. This simple, streamlined installer will get your development machine ready to go. In addition, you will get the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform including frameworks, web server and database.