Python application launcher (for Python code)
Deborah Swanson
python at deborahswanson.net
Thu Feb 23 20:54:46 EST 2017
Michael Torrie wrote, on February 23, 2017 7:43 AM
>
> On 2017-02-22 09:49 PM, Deborah Swanson wrote:
> > Didn't even look. Visual Studio has always been pricey, and it never
> > occurred to me that they might have a free or cheap version now.
>
> You can get the full edition of Visual Studio, called Visual Studio
> Community Edition for free. They still offer Visual Studio Express,
but
> I think they recommend the full community edition to most people now.
> The biggest downside to the VS Community Edition is that it has to
phone
> home and log in to MS's developer web site from time to time to stay
> active. Sigh. MS almost gets it, but not quite.
Another free version of Visual Studio, wonders never cease!
As for it phoning home, I won't use it for long, and then I might not
ever use it again. Wonder what value they think this has, other than
giving them a nosecount of how many active copies there are at any given
time.
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