Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010 Express [top]

While VWD 2010 launched with standard ASP.NET syntax, a mid-cycle update (and the release of WebMatrix) introduced the .

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VWD 2010 was updated to support Razor syntax highlighting and IntelliSense. This was a watershed moment; it signaled Microsoft's admission that Web Forms were too heavy for many modern web scenarios and that a lighter, code-focused workflow was the future. While VWD 2010 launched with standard ASP

Microsoft officially ended support for Visual Web Developer 2010 Express years ago, and ASP.NET Web Forms is in maintenance mode. But for many of us, VWD 2010 was our first real introduction to professional web dev without paying $1,000 for a license. Microsoft officially ended support for Visual Web Developer

For those who weren’t around, Visual Web Developer 2010 Express was Microsoft’s free, lightweight IDE for building ASP.NET Web Forms applications. It was part of the Visual Studio 2010 Express family (alongside C# Express, VB Express, etc.), but tailored specifically for the web.