Visual Web developer is part of the Visual Studio family and, like the other
Visual Studio Express products (like Visual Studio C# Express) offers a
limited amount of functionality, but enough to make life a lot easier. It's
focus is on writing ASP.Net code and web site design.
Expression Web Designer is a WYSIWYG editor focused on general web
development and is a much better editor than Visual Web Developer and a
direct competitor against the likes of DreamWeaver. Microsoft Office
SharePoint designer will be similar to Expression Web Designer, but focus
heavily on integration with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. These two
products will be more alike in this first release probably since they are
outgrowths of MS FrontPage and are only beginning their divergence.
No chart exists yet and you probably won't see one until the Expression Web
Designer and SharePoint Desinger are much further along as their feature set
may end up changing before release (just like any other MS software).
Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
"Howard" <ho*******@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Visual Web Developer 2005
Expression Web Designer
Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007
Could someone explain the difference between these products? I think web
developer is more programmer oriented but sharepoint designer and
expression seem to both be a WYSIWYG editor.
Could someone make a features comparison chart?
Howard