Microsoft Visual J# 2005 Express Edition 8.0

Microsoft Visual J# 2005 Express Edition is a lightweight, free development environment from Microsoft Corporation for building .NET Framework 2.0 applications using the Visual J# language—a Java-like syntax that targets the Common Language Runtime (CLR). Designed for students, hobbyists, and teams migrating existing Java-language code to .NET, it provides an approachable IDE with essential tools for creating console, class library, and Windows Forms applications.

Key features:

• Visual J# compiler targeting MSIL/CLR for .NET 2.0
• Code editor with IntelliSense, basic project templates, and integrated debugging
• Access to .NET Framework libraries plus J# runtime libraries to aid Java-to-.NET migration
• Suitable for learning .NET with familiar Java-style syntax and for porting older Java-language code

Important note: Visual J# is not a Java development environment and does not produce JVM bytecode or run applets; it compiles to .NET assemblies and relies on the .NET and J# runtimes. Microsoft has discontinued Visual J# and the 2005 Express line; this edition is intended only for maintaining legacy projects and may require older Windows environments (e.g., Windows XP/Server 2003) or compatibility setups to install and run.

Microsoft Visual J# 2005 Express Edition is developed by Microsoft and is used by 5 users of Software Informer. The most popular version of this product among our users is 8.0. Works with jsl, vjp and java file types.

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