Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Site

The Professional edition shipped with a visual designer for WPF, known as "Cider." For the first time, developers could drag-and-drop rich 3D and vector-based UI elements directly onto a form. This opened the door for media-rich desktop applications that could compete with Flash interfaces.

: Visual Studio 2008 supported a wide range of programming languages, including C#, Visual Basic .NET, C++, F#, and many others. Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional