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What is the simplest version of Visual Studio (professional, enterprise, or other) that I could purchase that supports C# or F# development?
It looks like F# is downloadable from Microsoft for no charge and comes in configurations
that would allow .Net and non-.Net development with or without Visual Studio. Am I missing something?
Is the same true for C#? That is is it downloadable without cost?
Thank you.
C# is downloadable without cost as either part of the Windows SDK (which provides a commandline compiler
csc) or Visual C# Express, which provides an IDE.F# is available either in commandline form (
fsc) or as a Visual Studio plugin, which requires the VS Shell (which is freely downloadable) or a full (non-Express) Visual Studio.This means that you must purchase at least VS Professional to open both types of projects in the same editor, but you could also use a combination of VS Express and VS Shell for free.