VB.net Purchase??

[Venkat]

dear all,
I am an automation engineer and I use MS products very extensively. I also
have a flair in programming and I have used Visual Basic 6.0 to make small
applications to help me do my job better.

Now I would like to continue doing the same thing using .NET technologies.
Being in an Non IT organisation, the product is not always available with
me, i need to buy it

This is where I need ur help.
My applications(that I plan to develop) will need a small database (max of
50000 Records and network of users (max 10-15)
Since I know visual Basic already, i would like to continue with VB.Net.
I have also downloaded the latest .NET framework available in the net.
Now I need ur help in buying VB.net
What should I buy?
Visual Studio or Just VB.Net.

In microsoft website, I don't see any product by name VB.net or Visual
Basic.Net, instead I see, Visual Basic or visual studio.
Please suggest me how to go about

Also please give me some links where I can begin learning about .net, and
VB.net

Also I heard ASP.net is also a technology and i can use vb.net to implement
ASP.NET. Is that correct?

Regards
Venkat SA

 

[Patrice]

You could start by :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx
(free leightweight editions of VS.NET)

And yes ASP.NET can use any .NET based language

 

[AGH!]

I would also recommend the Express editions of VB.NET 2005 and SQL
Server 2005. If you are going to do ASP.NET work you will also need
Visual Studio 2005 web edition, you can use any .NET language to code
for ASP.NET (C#, VB.NET... there are others). Express editions are
free downloads. The main limitations on SQL Server 2005 is maximum
size of all databases 4GB and no support for clustering or multiple
CPUs (it might do 2 CPU's cannot remember). From what you describe
these limitations should not be an issues for you.
If your needs grow to beyond what you get with the express editions you
can always upgrade later.
Cheers
Adrian

 

[Russ Damske]

You may want to check out a public domain IDE for C#/VB.Net if you are just
starting out and want to get your feet wet first.

http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/Download/

Russ