Starting with C# and Visual Studio 2008!

Hey folks..

Guess you wud ve got an idea about what ASP.NET is.. But before we actually jump into the depths of ASP lets see whats C# and .NET is all about and how we use Visual Studio for prgramming Visual C#.. And I would like to make it clear again here that I am addressing the absolute beginners or "geeks under construction" :).. SO this post is for people who wanna learn C# by doing it rather than by reading it!! So, who is this post/blog not for?? If you think that the idea of writing a lotta code makes you bored and a little twitchy and if you are a kick-butt Java/C++ programmer looking for a reference site?? Nopes!! This ain't for u guys.. Its for all learners from scratch.. Who wanna try something different!!

WHAT DO U NEED TO CONTINUE???

I am gonna write and talk about C# and other things using Visual Studio 2008. So, that means I used C# 3.0 and the .NET Framework 3.5. So, do not worry if you dont have VS 2008! You can download the VS 2008 Express edition for free from the Microsoft website!

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/express/future/bb421473.aspx

Make sure you do a complete installation that should install everything that you need: the IDE, SQL server express edition and the .NET Framework 3.5

Once you ve got it installed, you ll have a new Start Menu option: Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition. Click on that to bring up the IDE and you're all set :-)

P.S: If you absolutely must use an older verison of VS, C# or .NET framework, then please keep in mind that few codes that are gonna be discussed here might not be compatible with the older version.