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Comment by Clubber

8 years ago

VS community is free, as is SQL Express. Net Core is also open source and platform agnostic.

X Code is not a watered down version of something else. It’s the full application Apple uses themselves.

  • That was absolutely true when VS went by the "Express" moniker, but not today's "Community" edition. The difference between the paid (Pro) and free (Community) version is just licensing^. The Pro also comes with an MSDN subscription. MS is really going after the open source market, they've realized they were losing the future and embraced Linux/MacOS. FWIW, I use both Xcode and VS.

    ^and some "CodeLense" feature that I've never used.

    http://www.visualstudioresources.com/2017/07/09/differences-...