.NET-101 Post-1

Any application that you wanted to build can be done in so many ways, for example if you want to build a website you can do that in Java(JSP etc), .NET, PHP, HTML and so many other ways but the main point of selecting the right choice depends on various other important factors like expandability, reliability, consistency, ease, interface and fun etc., 

In my view .NET stands the best for all the above choices.

To Start programming on .NET you need to have the following depending on the OS you have

Windows Vista and XP

• download .NET 3.5 Framework 
• download Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition
• download Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition

and install them, now you are almost set to start writing webpages or desktop applications using Visual Studio.