Microsoft Visual Studio Pro 2012

Brand: Microsoft

Platform : Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me

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Deep interoperability with business and consumer platforms lets you build what your users want, where they want it
Create apps in a streamlined UI where common tasks are presented in a fresh, integrated development experience
Consolidate many development tasks into one tool so you can enhance existing apps or build new modern ones
Requirements: Processor - 1.6GHz+ CPUOS - Windows 8 (x86/x64), Windows 7 SP1 (x86/x64), Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x64), Windows Server 2012 (x64)Memory(RAM) - 1GB (1.5GB if running on a virtual machine.)

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Great apps. Rapid development. Visual Studio Professional 2012 is the right choice for building multi-tier apps for the web, the cloud, and devices

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.78 x 5.75 x 5.78 inches; 2.4 Ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ C5E-00833
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ August 6, 2012
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Microsoft Software
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008RW3XIO

Best Sellers Rank: #3,987 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

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David Thomas

MS Unbundling

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2013

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Microsoft early on recognized the need to promote and support an independent developer base for Windows application development. I'm sorry to see that in recent years, development tools have been unbundled and priced (for its premium tools) for the corporate market. I personally would have liked to have had some of the development features reserved for the ultimate edition of Visual Studio, but I was priced out of that market. I was fortunate to find this reseller who could offer a supported Professional edition at a reasonable price. Visual Studio has no match that I have found as an IDE, and I miss the premium developer editions and the broad range of tools offered by the standard MSDN subscription.

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Harmonious Avenger

Ugly as Sin but Works

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2013

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First the good: Studio 2012 runs WAY faster than 2010 (which I found unusable). Also, like 2010 you can put editor windows out of the main frame which is a huge productivity boost for large projects.

Now the bad: the bleak Dieter from SNL approved interface is not only ugly, it reduces productivity. Just what is that tiny black and grey blob of an icon supposed to be anyway? The documentation continues its steady decline. Google and Stack Overflow are replacing the F1 key for simple reference lookup.

And finally, there is much gold to be found by playing with the settings. By default, the Find All References to a class method does a simple string search. They turned off using the compiler to determine which strings are relevant because 2010 was so pathetically slow. For 2012 the feature is fast enough to be worth turning back on.

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Terrance Robinson

Extremely disappointed

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2014

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I have never been a big fan of Microsoft products. They are invariable more complex than necessary and less productive that they could be. But my upgrade from Visual Studio 2008 to 2012 has lowered my opinion further.

As others have stated, the new user interface is a step backwards. There are any number of small details which make this system LESS productive than older versions and doubly hard to use if your familiar with an older version. The lack of color and alterations in the menu system and keyboard shortcuts make it hard to find things I was already familiar with. Changes in the way simple tools work are also unwelcome. Exampled: Quick Find used to allow an exact match, but now I must use global Find and Replace, F7 used to toggle between design and code view for a form, but not it is F7 to see code and Shift + F7 to go back to design. The rule of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' is obviously not the Microsoft way of doing things.

But the really big problem is that some operations (not to mention a lot of legacy code) do not work at all. I tried creating a test Access2013 database and used the Connect to Database utility and it failed with an "Unrecognized database format". I had to revert the format back to Access 2007 before it would connect. I can't wait to find out what happens when I connect to a huge SQL Server 2005 database I need for my serious work.

I'm sure this system does many wonderful things and I don't mind a learning curve for NEW functionality. But when I find it difficult (and sometimes impossible) to do work I've been doing for the past decade I find myself seriously regretting upgrading in the first place.

If you don't need this upgrade - avoid it!

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Kwan McComas

VS2012 Downgrade

Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2013

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I am a professional user and huge fan of Microsoft products, especially Visual Studio. I was super excited to upgrade from VS2008 to the latest and greatest version of Visual Studio with my new Windows 8 development machine. It was such a letdown to buy and install it only to find out that the outstanding user interface and some key features have been removed in VS2012. The immediate disappointment is the usability decrease. The lack of color, font and icon contrasts makes it hard on the eyes ([...]{toggle_previous_statuses}). Also, some useful features have been dropped, such as their standalone installer ([...]

I wish I had done more research and watched some of the videos before purchasing. At a minimum I would suggest a trial install before buying. If I had it to do again, I would have purchased the older VS2010 version.

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Source4all(dot)com

Easy Transition

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2013

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If you've worked in VS2005 or VS2008, you'll find this to be easier. The data tools are great, the web tools are pretty good. Not sure why so many "hate the new look and layout"... Is it ugly? YES. Is it easy to navigate? YES. Once you find everything you are used to using, VS2012 is great. I'm a moderately-skilled programmer dealing mostly in VB.NET (for data), ASP.NET and web work. I found these tools to be well thought out and easy to figure out. If you haven't upgraded, you should. Beware, if you have a lot of legacy programs in 2005/2008, you should read about backward-compatibility issues.

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Amazon Customer

Disappointment VS 2010 was much better

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2013

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I have been disappointed with VS 2012. One of the biggest disappointment was it can not upgrade projects from previous version very well.

The All Caps on the menu is very annoying.

If I could do it again I would buy Visual Studio 2010. It is analogous to me wishing that I bought a PC with Windows 7 instead of Windows 8.

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G. Antonio

Worth the price for invesment

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2015

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Of course, better than express version.

Several years ago, I purchased Visual Basic 4.0 with books and couple of diskettes for $99.
I end up with promotions, move up the ladder in several corporate positions.
It all started because I invested in that $99.

Tip: There are times you need spend money to make money.

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Nathan K. Price

... day at work and it is hands down my favorite IDE, especially when you add in the extensions

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2014

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I use VS every day at work and it is hands down my favorite IDE, especially when you add in the extensions. Even if you're outside of the traditional MS product line (NodeJs, Python, etc.) on a good portion of your work this is still worth consideration. If you work in C# it's a no-brainer.

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North Vancouver customer

As advertised...

Reviewed in Canada on April 25, 2016

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As advertised, so nothing much to say. Arrived promptly.

Jarmo Peltonen

Good but something missing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2013

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Visual Studio helps with code generating and as a whole is a good development platform. But some requirements are quite hard. VS requires administrative priviledges to work properly. Also the lack of support to develop software for Windows Mobile prior version 7 is lacking. For that reason it is a good idea not to install old VS 2005 or 2008.

These are very much experiences after use of couple of weeks. Hopefully I found all the settings to make VS to feel more helpful tool for me. And hopefully the support for old platforms is getting better otherwise I need multiple versions of Visual Studio.

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