Stupid Question

[blindlizard]

Ok, I am a VB 6.0/ASP programmer. I would like to start moving toward .Net I think, but can someone tell me what I need? What do I need to buy?

[kprashan]

MS .Net professional or enterprise version.

[blindlizard]

What does that have, VB.Net, ASP.net, C# etc.. What was the thing I saw you could download from Microsoft, the .Net Framework. Do I need that?

[kprashan]

I have 4 CDS containing VB.Net, VC++.Net, c#.Net, Jscript.Net, associated support files. There is also a Windows component update CD.

If you just want VB.Net it will probably be a lot less

Cheers

[Edneeis]

If you want a good interface but no intellisense you can install the .NET framework (free) and use WebMatrix (free)

http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/

[blindlizard]

Originally posted by Edneeis
If you want a good interface but no intellisense you can install the .NET framework (free) and use WebMatrix (free)

http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/

So does the framework give you everything you need, compiler wise for all of .Net or just ASP.net? I could potentially find a free IDE for VB.Net and C#.net?

[blindlizard]

That is a really cool IDE!! By the way, what do I need to do to IIS5 to run ASP.Net pages?

[Edneeis]

Yes the framework does everything, really you don't need anything if you want to use notepad and commandline compile. But it so happens that there is a good IDE for C#/VB.NET in the works. It keeps getting better and better, I wish I would have known about it before I forked the cash for VS.

http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/default.asp

[blindlizard]

Yeah, I just saw that VS is $900+. Looks like VB is going the Java / C++ route. Notepad and comand line.

[blindlizard]

Does .Net have that registration stuff I have heard about, so that you cannot copy someone elses disks and both use them?

[Edneeis]

The framework doesn't have anything, but Visual Studio just has a CD KEY nothing fancy like online activation or anything.

[blindlizard]

Oh, so it's like 6.0 500 people could use the same key?

[Edneeis]

Yes.