Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Visual Studio is a very powerful tool. For most SharePoint branding design projects, you will only scratch the surface of what this application can really do. Some express versions of Visual Studio are free, but they don't provide the rich application features that are in the full version of Visual Studio 2010. You can compare the different versions at the following site: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio. You can download a trial version of Visual Studio 2010 ultimate or buy a version from the links below.

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