The free Visual Studio Express 2012 tools for Windows 8 (Metro-style apps) and the Web are also available for download, starting today. The free Express tools for Windows Desktop (originally dropped ...

The company had previously announced that Express 2012 editions, which are free, platform-specific versions of the Visual Studio 2012 IDE, would be limited to Windows 8 Metro-style development as ...

Also available to download is a preview version of Blend + SketchFlow Preview for Visual Studio 2012 for making apps with WPF version 3.5/4.0/4.5, Silverlight 4.0/5.

Microsoft backs down from its decision to pull desktop UI development from its Visual Studio Express suite, and will be releasing Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop this fall.

Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 (Visual Studio 2012.1) is now available for download. The update allows users to develop applications for Windows XP and more thoroughly test their work.

On April 15, the team made available for download the first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Visual Studio 2012 Update 3. Microsoft released to manufacturing Visual Studio 2012 in early ...