Should I use Visual C++ 2010 Express or Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate? - from Visual C++ 2008

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Should I use Visual C++ 2010 Express or Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate? - from Visual C++ 2008

I'm starting a new project that'd involve using several SDK's including:

Intel Atom Developer SDK
text to speech SDK (Suggestions?)
webcam and augmented reality support of some sort (Suggestions?)

I currently have 2008, but I can also install 2010. Is there any reason to use 2010 for this project?

+1 A:

The Express editions (being free) don't allow you to run plugins/extensions whereas the paid for versions (of which Ultimate is the top option) do.

ChrisF 2010-08-08 14:33:33

+1 A:

The SVOX Text-To-Speech SDK is of very high quality. It's quite expensive though.

From what you write I don't see a reason to upgrade to VS2010.

Fair Dinkum Thinkum 2010-08-08 14:33:46

Sounds like the IDE enhancements will not much matter. What you should look at is whether there are any new features in .NET 4.0 and/or language enhancements that might be useful to you. For example, you might find the expanded support for parallel processing useful.

That would be the only reason to upgrade, IMO.

Paul Sasik 2010-08-08 14:35:56

Since the OP tagged himself as Visual C++, I'm not very impressed by your .NET 4 recommendation.

DeadMG 2010-08-08 15:12:39

@DeadMG: It was more of a consideration than a recommendation. And on what basis are you finding C++ and .NET framework enhancements mutually exclusive?

Paul Sasik 2010-08-08 15:21:06

@Paul Sasik: Possibly because the vast, vast, vast majority of C++ code has never heard of and doesn't care about .NET. Check the Intel Atom SDK page- it has the word "native" on it several times. The OP does not use .NET.

DeadMG 2010-08-08 15:36:41

Compensation upvote warranted here. The OP doesn't strike me as needing to support vast, vast, vast amounts of legacy C++ code. Text-to-speech is particularly easy to get going with the .NET SpeechSynthesizer class. Why an API designed to upload your product to their app store so they can take a cut of your profits requires C or C++ code is mysterious to me. Lack of imagination jumps to mind, this is not exactly novel.

Hans Passant 2010-08-08 16:37:09

+6 A:

Visual Studio 2010 offers many C++0x features (auto, decltype, nullptr, lambda, rvalue, static_assert), which is a huge improvement on 2008 which only offered TR1. In addition, there's a strong native ConcRT added in VS2010 that uses all the new features as well, which makes parallel programming on the native side much easier.

DeadMG 2010-08-08 15:12:16

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