BANGALORE, INDIA: Ensuring software quality using advanced software development product at every step of the application life cycle is aim of each and every software developer.

Adding skills gained from the experience to new tools is one bigger task for techies. Apart from the above, facilitate collaboration among all members of a software team including Project Managers architects, developers, testers, and quality teams, speeding development time and ensuring the predictability and reliability of the development process is another task for each developer.

To fulfill the need and demands of software developer community, Microsoft recently released the Microsoft Visual Studio and Visual Studio Team System.

In an interaction with CIOL, Moorthy Uppaluri, director DPE, Microsoft India talked about the Microsoft Visual Studio and Visual Studio Team System.

Uppaluri also discussed how the Visual Studio 2008 enables developers to build applications that target multiple versions of the .NET Framework. Excerpts:

CIOL: Can you throw light on the Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio Team System?

Moorthy Uppaluri: Visual Studio 2008 is a suite of development tools designed to aid software developers, whether they are novices or seasoned professionals to face complex challenges and create innovative solutions.

Visual Studio 2008 enables developers and development teams to rapidly create connected applications for Windows, mobile devices and the Web.

Visual Studio Team System 2008 (VSTS) is an integrated set of tools for architecture, design, development, database development and testing of applications. It allows the team members to continuously collaborate and utilize a complete set of tools and guidance at every step of the application life cycle

CIOL: What are suites of products offered under VSTS?

MU: VSTS has a suite of client and server products like:

Architecture Edition
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Architecture Edition focuses on improving the design and validation of distributed systems. It gives architects, operations managers, and developers the ability to visually construct service-oriented solutions and validate them against their operational environments prior to deployment.

Database Edition
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition provides advanced tools for database change management and testing and offers functionality to enable database developers and administrators to be more productive and increase application quality in the database tier.

Development Edition
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Development Edition provides developers with an advanced set of tools to identify inefficient, insecure, or poor-quality code; specify coding best practices; and automate software unit testing. These tools help team members write better-quality code, reduce security-related issues, and avoid bugs later in the development lifecycle.

Test Edition
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Edition provides a comprehensive suite of testing tools for Web applications and services that are integrated into the Visual Studio environment. These testing tools enable testers to author, execute, and manage tests and related work items

Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server is the collaboration server at the hub of the system, which enables everyone on your team to work more effectively and deliver better quality software.