Getting Started with ASP.NET

The change to ASP.NET may seem daunting to some, but in the immortal words of Douglas Adams: don't panic! Even though there's been a radical change, the basics of ASP.NET are easy to grasp, especially if you've only programmed in Visual Basic before. Another important point to highlight is that ASP.NET sits alongside ASP it doesn't touch existing ASP applications at all. Therefore, you don't have to worry about anything that you've previously done suddenly not working.

ASP.NET is supported on Windows 2000 (Professional and Server versions), Windows XP Professional, and is included in Windows Server 2003. It is not supported for Windows NT or the Windows 9x platforms. You can install Visual Studio .NET on these platforms and remotely use ASP.NET on the supported platforms. ASP.NET can be obtained from Microsoft, at http://www.Microsoft.com/net, http://www.asp.net/, or http://www.gotdotnet.com/, and is part of the MSDN Subscription service.