Product Overview for Visual Studio .NET 2003

Introducing Visual Studio .NET 2003—visionary yet practical, the single comprehensive development tool for creating the next generation of applications has arrived.

Developers can use Visual Studio .NET to:

  • Build the next-generation Internet.
  • Create powerful applications quickly and effectively.
  • Span any platform or device.

Visual Studio .NET is the only development environment built from the ground up to enable integration through XML Web services. By allowing applications to share data over the Internet, XML Web services enable developers to assemble applications from new and existing code, regardless of platform, programming language, or object model.

 

Visual Studio .NET 2003 is available in the following editions:

Enterprise Architect Enterprise Developer Professional Academic
Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect provides the full power of Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Developer, plus additional capabilities for designing, specifying, and communicating application architecture and functionality. Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Developer provides a powerful, enterprise team development environment for rapidly building mission-critical applications that target any device and integrate with any platform. Visual Studio .NET Professional enables programmers to rapidly build applications for Windows, the Web, mobile Web devices, the Pocket PC, and other embedded devices powered by the .NET Compact Framework. Visual Studio .NET Academic incorporates all the features of Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional, plus new instructional features designed to simplify course management and ease application development for both faculty and students.

Ten years ago, Visual Basic 1.0 revolutionized application development for millions of developers. Today, Visual Studio .NET 2003 sets the stage for the next decade.