ASP.Net software development tools

In this, the second of our articles designed to introduce you to ASP.Net, we will discuss the tools that you will need to start developing in ASP.Net and point you in the direction of where they can be obtained. Some of these tools you may already have or they may be obtained from the Internet at no cost. Others may need to be purchased and the merits and benefits of these we will discuss so that you can decide which tools suit your purposes.

Below is a breakdown of the topics we will cover in this article.

1. Setting up your workstation

· Options for a Web Server
· Installing ASP.NET and the .NET Framework
· .NET Framework SDK

2. Options for a Database

· Microsoft Access
· MSDE
· Microsoft SQL Server

3. Your Development Platform

· Microsoft Notepad
· The Web Matrix
· Microsoft Visual Studio 2003

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