Meanwhile, Microsoft is moving to replace its free Visual Studio Express SKU with a new offering: Visual Studio Community. Visual Studio Community 2013 is free and available for download today.

Microsoft today launched the Community 2013 edition of Visual Studio, which essentially replaces the very limited Visual Studio Express version the company has been offering for a few years now ...

Be forewarned, though: "I do expect there are some bugs," he said. He also mentioned that Visual Studio 2013 is a side-by-side install, so it should be safe to install and use with another version of ...

The Visual Studio 2013 preview is available for download today, so devs anxious to dig in can do so at the source below.

Visual Studio 2013 wasn't the only version of Visual Studio to get attention today. Somasegar mentioned that Visual Studio 2012 has had more than 6 million downloads, making it the fastest-adopted ...

The company released Visual Studio 2015 Preview and .NET 2015 Preview, a new free Visual Studio Community 2013 off… ...

Developers can now download preview versions of Visual Studio 2013 and the next release of the .NET Framework.

Microsoft makes it easy for developers to get started with Visual Studio Online, as many of its features are available for free for teams with up to five members.