The Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition Software for Windows from Microsoft is a suite of software development tools. It can be used to create applications for Windows, Office, Server, mobile, and web applications. Four development environments are included in the suite: JScript 8.0, Visual Basic 2008, Visual C# 2008, and Visual C++ 2008.
Flexible Application Delivery
Visual Studio allows you to develop software applications for a variety of platforms. You can build for the web using ASP .NET AJAX, and for various versions of Windows including Vista and Server 2008. You can also build applications for Office 2007, SQL Server 2008, and Windows Mobile Devices.
.NET Framework
The software leverages Microsoft's .NET Framework 3.5, allowing developers to integrate design and language features. This framework will help to save time when developing applications.
LINQ Support
Visual Studio supports LINQ, Language Integrated Query, for data access. You'll be able to use LINQ to connect to data, regardless of its location, to develop data-driven applications.