What is all this STUFF???
I’m glad you asked that question!
Visual C# Express edition is a free version of Microsoft’s Visual Studio. Visual Studio can be used for development with many different languages including c, c++, c#, j++ and Visual Basic. You can then use those languages to develop on different platforms such as PDAs, Smartphones, websites and other uses I don’t want to have to list here. Unfortunately, Visual Studio Professional Edition is very expensive! Fortunately, the free express versions they provide are almost completely fully featured so there is a path for amateur and hobbyist programmers to get into development.
The C# Express Service Pack simply fixes some issues with C# Express, there’s nothing surprising there.
The real magic starts to happen when you install XNA Game Studio Express. This extends C# Express to add a number of additional features. These include, but are not limited to, allowing creation of XNA Framework applications and deployment of applications to a Xbox 360. And it’s XNA Game Studio Express we will be playing with.
I’m extremely interested to see where you will take this and anxious to read the up and coming articles.
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