Visual Studio 2013 社区版和速成版之间的区别

本文主要讲述了最新微软发布的Visual Studio Community 2013（社区版）和之前发布的Visual Studio Express 2013（速成版）之间的区别。

英文原文地址：Differences between Visual Studio Community Edition and Express Editions

以下为翻译的译文：

首先，两个版本都是免费的！Visual Studio Community 2013社区版是今天刚刚发布的（指的是2014-11-12）！

Visual Studio 社区版与速成版有两个主要的差别

1） Visual Studio速成版不允许用户使用扩展（或者称为插件）。在Visual Studio库中有超过5000个优秀的Visual Studio插件。例如开发者助手（Bing Developer Assistant，必应开发助手）这种能提高开发者开发效率的插件。不幸的是，Visual Studio 速成版的用户无法使用这些扩展。对于 Visual Studio 社区版来说，您可以访问并使用所有的扩展插件！

2）Visual Studio速成版是针对特定平台： Web速成版允许您开发 Web 应用程序 ；Windows速成版允许您开发 Windows 应用程序 ；Windows桌面速成版允许您开发桌面应用程序。但对于Visual Studio社区版，您可以针对跨平台来开发项目（跨平台开发是很重要的功能，之前的速成版有多种平台的版本，使用起来比较麻烦）。

Soma 联系今天的事情提到：在将来Visual Studio Community 版可能会使Visual Studio Express 版退役，但目前这是不确定的。

英文原文

First of all, both are free!  Visual Studio Community Edition is newly released today.

There are two main differences between Visual Studio Community Edition and the Express Editions

1) Visual Studio Express Editions do not allow users to use extensions (aka. plugins).  There are over 5000 great plugins for Visual Studio in Visual Studio Gallery.  Plugins such as Developer Assistant can boost developers’ productivity.  Unfortunately, they are not available to Visual Studio Express users.   With Visual Studio Community Edition, you can access and use All of them!

2) Visual Studio Express Editions are targeting specific platforms:  Express for Web allows you to develop Web apps;  Express for Windows allows you to develop Windows apps; Express for Windows Desktop allows you to develop desktop apps.  But with Visual Studio Community Edition, you can develop projects targeting cross-platforms.

Soma mentioned in today's Connect event that Visual Studio Community Edition may retire Visual Studio Express Editions in future, but this is not decided yet.