Why is there no Windows Phone version of Visual Studio Express 2013?

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bwerks picture bwerks · Oct 21, 2013 · Viewed 11k times · Source

I'm planning a side project with some colleagues but not everyone has licenses. We were thinking of releasing an app for both Windows 8/8.1 and Windows Phone 8 platforms. I don't have a lot of experience working with Express versions, but for some reason Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Phone seems to not exist on their site, but without any explanation. I'm wondering if anyone knows if Windows Phone development:

  • exists normally in 2013, and the marketing page is simply botched?
  • can not be done at all in Visual Studio Express 2013?
  • can be done in Visual Studio 2013 Express for Windows, after installing a Windows Phone SDK?
  • can be done without an MSDN License only in Visual Studio Express 2012?

Answer

Paul Chapman picture Paul Chapman · Apr 15, 2014

Windows Phone 8.1 development tools are now available from Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 or later. As of Nov 2014 we are now at Update 4.

You can install the full VS Express 2013 for Windows with Update 4 from here: http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/

(Make sure you pick VS Express 2013 for Windows and not VS Express 2013 for Windows Desktop)

If you already have the RTM version of Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows installed, you can install just Update 4 from here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=390465

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