intro about Asp ..help

[Tara]

HI All ,
i am not into development ...i am into testing actually ...
So just for interest , i have gone through VB.NET and kind of comfortable with it
Now i want to start with Asp.net ..so refered this site to download asp.net

http://www.asp.net/downloads/essential.aspx? tabid=62
it says there
Essential Downloads
To get started creating dynamic web sites with ASP.NET, you will need the following two downloads.
1. Microsoft .NET Framework (Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package or .NET Framework 2.0 Software Development Kit (SDK)
2.Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition

Please anyone can explain for what .net framework is used
and for what visual web developer used.....

One more question is
i tried to install these softwares to my xp machine ..
i could successfully install .NET Framework 2.0 Software Development Kit (SDK) and Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition
but when i tried to install -Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package it says its all ready present in the system ...
why is this is it because i have microsoft visual basic 2005 express edition (that i used to learn vb.net)

what should i do ...?
help ..please do understand i am new to all this ,just trying to learn few things

thanks in advance
Tara

[dswethar]

Hi Tara,

You can go through this link. Its explained very well here about .NET architecture

http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/ASP.NET/The-Evolution-Of-Microsoft-.NET-Explained/

>but when i tried to install -Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0
>Redistributabl e Package it says its all ready present in the system ...
>why is this is it because i have microsoft visual basic 2005 express edition
>(that i used to learn vb.net)

This means that the Framework is already installed (if yours is a new system, it might have come pre installed.) So you can start coding.

If you want to test your ASP.NET applications on your system, you might need Win XP Pro or Win Server (Basically for IIS). You might want to look into this matter before testing your ASP.NET applications.

[Tara]

Hi Tara,

You can go through this link. Its explained very well here about .NET architecture

http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/ASP.NET/The-Evolution-Of-Microsoft-.NET-Explained/

>but when i tried to install -Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0
>Redistributabl e Package it says its all ready present in the system ...
>why is this is it because i have microsoft visual basic 2005 express edition
>(that i used to learn vb.net)

This means that the Framework is already installed (if yours is a new system, it might have come pre installed.) So you can start coding.

If you want to test your ASP.NET applications on your system, you might need Win XP Pro or Win Server (Basically for IIS). You might want to look into this matter before testing your ASP.NET applications.

Hi dswethar,
Thanks a lot ...it was of great help ...

regards,
Tara

[sashi]

Hi there,

Kindly refer to below attached link for further reading & understanding, hope it helps. Good luck & take care.

Microsoft .NET