How Do I get Started With ASP.net?

Question

I just found out that I would be using asp.net in my new job.

I have no idea how to get started.

• Where can I learn the basics about asp.net?
• What IDE is used?
• Any basic tips?

I recently found out what ASP.net is too!

Answer 1

www.Asp.net , its similar to JSP.. you make web applications

Edit - From Microsoft

Microsoft ASP.NET is a free technology that allows programmers to create dynamic web applications. ASP.NET can be used to create anything from small, personal websites through to large, enterprise-class web applications. All you need to get started with ASP.NET is the free .NET Framework and the free Visual Web Developer.

Answer 2

ASP.NET is MS's stack for developing browser-based applications. You'd better get to this link fast. You have a lot of work to do!

http://www.asp.net/

Answer 3

Click here.

I had the same question.

Answer 4

ASP.NET is used to build StackOverflow.com, Microsoft.com, and some other unimportant websites.

To learn the basic of ASP.NET I suggest you go to www.asp.net and after that download the free IDE from Microsoft. But since it's your boss who told you to use ASP.NET, ask for Visual Studio 2008 Team System.

Basic tips for ASP.NET is plenty. If you like to support Jeff and his friends, you could buy his ASP.NET book.

Answer 5

ASP.net and JSP are both implementations of server page technology in their respective platforms. The distinctive of server page technology is to add an API for a computer language to generate dynamic HTML using specialized tags that map to function calls in the language.

Since you already know Java, you might find using C# to be the fastest route. You'll probably be using Visual Studio

I would recommend the following books:

• ASP.NET Ajax in Action
• Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 (Apress) for comprehensiveness
• ASP.NET MVC in Action (forthcoming)

Answer 6

Here you can find great resources, videos, tutorials, webcasts and more...

Answer 7

Fantastic videos here at ASP.Net

Answer 8

Well, it's a pretty big topic. All websites provide HTML and CSS to browsers to define the contents and presentation of a web page. ASP.NET is a technology that lives on the web server and dynamically generates that HTML and CSS for the requesting browser based on any input from the user and, more often than not, the contents of a database or some data source.

The most common used IDE for ASP.NET is Microsoft's Visual Studio. The free version of this is called Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition and is available to download form here. You could also use a simple text editor such as notepad or ultraedit but it will be tougher.

Learning resources. Everyone has already mentioned www.asp.net for a first place to go, but there are many others such as 4guysfromrolla out there. If your company has a Safari account, there are many beginner level books out there which should get you started in quick succession.