Is it possible to write complex web applications (like StackOverflow) in VS Express? What is the first feature you miss in the express edition?

Question

Many applications (like StackOverflow) has been written by three developers (a small team), would have been possible to do the same job using VS Express Edition?

Which would have been the real differences? Whcih main feature is "enough" to justify the use of VS full edition?

i ask this question not for curiosity but because I want to understand the difference of VS Express vs not Express for a small team. Differences that go beyond the feature matrix.

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can build a fully functional web site with the Web Developer Express edition. There are things it doesn't support like plugins (so no resharper), but you can develop Silverlight applications (for example).

So it might have taken a little longer, or certain features might not have been developed straight away, but I would say that you could develop something like Stack Overflow using the Express edition.

There are no restrictions on what you can develop.

Microsoft site