2 Visual studios in 1?

Question

I have used IDEs like Netbeans and eclipse previously.

I downloaded "Visual studio express 2013 for windows desktop" in a friend's computer. It was a single IDE and supported all.

I downloaded a "Visual studio express 2010" in my old computer. However I have two separate applications named "Visual C++ express", & "Visual C# express".

I would like to make a project using both C# and C++.
How can I use these two IDEs?
I want to be able to use a single IDE for my project like in VS2013.

Answer 1

I want to be able to use a single IDE for my C# and C++ projects like in VS2013.

You can't with VS 2010 - before VS 2012 each .NET language had its own Express version.

Starting with VS 2012 the Express versions were separated by solution type instead of by language .

How can I use these two IDEs?

You'll have to build one project into a library and reference it in the other project.

Answer 2

From VS2012 Express versions includes C#, C++ and VB.NET tools in one application. In VS 2010 create project in one IDE, build it and add to references to another project in another IDE.

Answer 3

you can build a solution that has 2 different projects using different language types but you cannot mix langauge in the same project.

just get 2013 express, make your life simple and its better.