Visual studios?

Glaucus · 18 Dec 2007 at 19:45

Hey guys back in 2003/2004 I made several websites with visual studio and Ms SQL. Which where great and so easy to build. Using this book http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=4249003.

I'm taking it visual studio 2008 will be much easier to use and much more powerfull. But is there any books that take you through step by steb to build such a dynamic website using all the new tools?

Is there many different versions of visual studio and if so what are there limits?

Also can you still get a copy of MSsql free for personal use with out any tools?

PaulB · 18 Dec 2007 at 20:02

Depending on your needs, take a look at the Visual Studio 2008 Express editions - all of them are free including SQL.

http://www.microsoft.com/express/

Glaucus · 18 Dec 2007 at 20:11

Very cool. Just need to a build a database driven website for personal use. Nothing to hard preferably in vb.net

tonyyeb · 18 Dec 2007 at 20:36

VS 2008 is native ASP 3.5 which isn't supported by most web hosts yet. Check before you start developing

RockLobster · 18 Dec 2007 at 21:24

AcidHell2 said:
Very cool. Just need to a build a database driven website for personal use. Nothing to hard preferably in vb.net

Videos for ASP.NET 2.0 Beginners

http://www.asp.net/learn/videos/ - Follow these videos they are absolutely superb.

Inquisitor · 18 Dec 2007 at 21:51

tonyyeb said:
VS 2008 is native ASP 3.5 which isn't supported by most web hosts yet. Check before you start developing

It also allows you to select the target framework version (though admittedly I'm not sure if the same is true of the express editions).

Glaucus · 19 Dec 2007 at 21:39

How come 2008 doesn't have a asp .net web application template?

Is there anywhere I can download the template from?

Haircut · 19 Dec 2007 at 22:17

Inquisitor said:
It also allows you to select the target framework version (though admittedly I'm not sure if the same is true of the express editions).

It is possible to target different versions of the framework with the Express editions.
Once you have your website right click on the project file and choose Property Pages.
Under the Build section you can choose the framework to target.

Glaucus · 19 Dec 2007 at 22:21

Never mind. There's two version of visual basic. An application one and a web one. Downloading the web one as we speak.

Stelly · 20 Dec 2007 at 11:26

Dude...

I have mailed you

Stelly