There is also a trial version for VS Professional Edition. You may want to try the ‘lite’ and free version of VS 2008, VS 2008 Express Editions. In this step-by-step tutorial we will install Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition on Windows XP Pro SP2. Always follow instructions provided by the manufacturer of 3rd party programs that may be included or referenced by our courses.Steps on how-to install and use the Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition Part 1 Disclaimer: Homeschool Programming, Inc, and their officers and shareholders, assume no liability for damage to personal computers or loss of data residing on personal computers arising due to the use or misuse of this course material. This document may not be transmitted or reproduced without written permission except under terms of your purchased course license.

This document, KidCoder TM : Windows Programming, KidCoder TM : Game Programming and related terms are copyright by Homeschool Programming, Inc. Please see Microsoft's copyright page for more details. Copyright Notices: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express, and related terms are all copyright by Microsoft Corporation. Teachers who wish to view activity solutions or projects on their own computer are also encouraged to install this software. This software is required for students in order to complete the course. This document will guide you through the download and installation procedure for setting up the Visual Basic IDE on your computer. Otherwise your software screens will not match the examples given in the curriculum. For the best course experience, please only use the 2010 Express version as described below.

Microsoft has released later versions of Visual Studio such as Visual Studio 2015. This software is a free IDE (Integrated Development Environment) specifically created for programming students. Download and Installation Instructions for Visual Basic 2010 Express Software Updated August, 2017 The KidCoder TM : Windows Programming and Kid Coder TM : Game Programming courses use the Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express software. Copyright 2010-2017 by Homeschool Programming, Inc.

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