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, Visual Basic 2005 and C# 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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