Visual Web Developer Express 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2005 are compatible with the Re-invent advanced ASP.NET 3.5 / 2.0 Hosting environment using Windows 2008 and 2003 Web Servers.

Visual Web Developer Express is a free, lightweight, easy-to-use and easy-to-learn development tool focused exclusively on Web development. Inside, you will find everything you need to begin building exciting, dynamic Web applications with ASP.NET 2.0.  

Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition is an easy to use and easy to learn program that allows everyone, from the novice to the professional developer, to create ASP.NET web sites.

• Tools to Design Web Pages
   
  • Use the new Split View pane which shows both the visual designer as well as the corresponding markup
  • Build CSS enabled pages with the new Manage Styles and CSS Properties windows to easily design, preview, and apply CSS styles to your Web page
  • Build JavaScript and AJAX-enabled applications more easily with improvements to JavaScript IntelliSense and debugging and built-in support for ASP.NET AJAX
  • Download the free AJAX Control Toolkit which includes over 30 AJAX controls including rounded corners, drop shadows, animation, ratings, slide shows, ratings, and more
     
• Easily Build Data-Driven Web sites
  • Build applications using LINQ (Language Integrated Query) which adds data querying capabilities for SQL Server, XML, and objects to Visual Basic and Visual C#
  • Use new data controls like the List View control and the LINQ Data Source control to build dynamic Web pages
     
• Easily Publish and Share
  • Download Popfly Explorer to publish HTML, CSS, and JavaScript pages directly to your free Popfly site
  • Use the built-in Copy Web Site tools to publish both ASP.NET pages and SQL Server databases to any hoster that supports FTP or FrontPage Server Extensions

Visual Web Developer provides a powerful WYSIWYG visual design surface to create your Web applications and includes all of the common formatting controls such as font selection, font sizes, font formatting, bullets and numbering, and more.