FREE visual studio (for students)

[fards]

I keep being asked what's the best software to use to get into developing for winmo (as if I'd know )

But I did notice that www.dreamspark.com is giving away visual studio
Alas as I'm not a student (any more) I can't get a version, (although I'm waiting for them to do a charity deal on it) but MS are giving away free copies of loads of software for students..

Of interest here is Visual Studio professional, which is key to developing for winmo, and with the SE panels SDK you can code away to your hearts content.

there's also an entire list of what is available for developing here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=445396

 

[Chaosstorm]

Well.. you "could" also do it the easy way

 

[shithead]

Most IT students receives MS products for free

 

[guap]

they are like drug dealers out of a school lol

 

[Tylwith]

you can also use the express edition wich are free