What software you need
Software option #1: Full editions of Visual
Studio 2005
To develop ASP.NET 2.0 applications, you can use any
of the full editions of Visual Studio 2005, including
the Standard Edition, Professional Edition, or Team
System. All of these come with everything you need to
develop ASP.NET 2.0 applications, including the Visual
Studio development environment, version 2.0 of the Microsoft
.NET Framework, C# 2005 and Visual Basic 2005, a built-in
web server that's ideal for testing ASP.NET applications,
and a scaled-back version of SQL Server called SQL Server
Express.
Software option #2: Free editions of Visual
Studio components
You can also download two Express editions of Visual
Studio software from Microsoft's web site to develop
ASP.NET 2.0 applications:
- Visual Web Developer 2005 Express
- SQL Server Express
Both of these products are free. And together, they provide all of the components in the
full editions of VS 2005.
Please note, though, that Visual Web Developer 2005
is a scaled-back version of the full editions. That's why you'll find that some of its
user interfaces are simpler than the ones in our book,
which are all based on the Professional Edition. And
you may find that a few of the features aren't available.
Nevertheless, Visual Web Developer 2005 is a terrific
product for learning how to develop ASP.NET 2.0 applications.
And both the applications and skills that you develop
will work with any of the full editions of VS 2005.
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