what is the key different between ASP.NET 2008 with Web developer express 2008?

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I start to learn ASP.NET and the book uses Web developer express 2008 as the development platform. I would like to know what the key difference between using the professional VS 2008 and this free express version.

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Answer 1

ASP.Net is the platform. Web Developer Express is an IDE that allows you to write code for the asp.net platform...

There are several Visual Studio versions, all of which can be used to write code in any of the .Net languages (C#, VB, etc) as well as targeting WinForms or web applications (asp.net).