title: Sharepoint development using Visual Studio Express?
body: <p>Having spent the past few weeks familiarising myself with WSS 3.0 I finally want to get around to doing some Sharepoint development. I have Visual Studio Express installed on my Sharepoint server, but when I try to install the "WSS 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio Extensions" from Microsoft it tells me that I don't have Visual Studio installed.</p>
  
  <p>A quick check to the pre-reqs on the download site tell me that this extension only applies to the Standard, Professional, or Team editions.</p>
  
  <p>So, two questions really:</p>
  
  <p>1 - Do I need the WSS Visual Studio Extension in order to do Sharepoint Development?</p>
  
  <p>2 - If I do, is there a way around this (legally, of course)?</p>
  
  <p>Many thanks.</p>