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Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Editionis provided free by Microsoft. So what about that is to do with free Expression Web? Well it uses the same engine that Expression Web does so much of features are available within VWD08EE with the added bonus of the ASP.NET features.

 The following features are not available within Visual Web Developer, now some of those you are not going to miss and can even substitute by using a free html editor or other third party tools.

1. Image tracing
2. Picture editing tools
3. Ability to draw tables
4. Layout table tools and task panes
5. Advanced, HTML-oriented Find and Replace
6. Spell checker
7. Quick Tag Editor
8. Behaviors
9. Frame-set editing
10. Image map tools
11. Previewing pages in predefined fixed sizes

The point is, Visual Web Developer 2008 is free for your usage and for those that can learn quickly but are on a lower budget this is an ideal stop gap to further your tool-set for web design. I also see it as an encouragement to learn ASP.Net by being in a familiar setting to Expression Web.

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