Do I need a paid version of Visual Studio for development for Windows Phone 7 Series?

Free Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone, Silverlight, and XNA in All Their Glory ...

But can I use them with Visual Studio 10 except Express , without paying for it? (My problem is that Express does not accept add-ons / plugins that it depends on ...)

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I think that today I read something about the express version for Windows 7 phones ... which would mean that the answer here would be no. I don’t know where I got it.

Oh yes, here:

http://www.microsoft.com/exPress/

in details:

http://www.microsoft.com/express/Phone/

So, there will be an express version for phones;)

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If you purchase VS 2010 Professional, you will automatically receive support for Windows Phone development (through an add-in that will be automatically installed). And you can also use other add-ons.

Here is the msdn link.

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The answer to both questions is yes. There will be free tools (VS 2010 Expres for Windows Phone and Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone), if you have VS 2010 Ultimate, add-ons will be installed in this version for you so that you can use all add-ons currently also used with VS 2010.

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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/1304249/


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