[gemoney]

I am asking this question b/c I have never use ASP.NET or visual studio and I am to write a program using visual studio cause is easy to manage than PHP. So is visual studio ASP.NET, VB.NET....so what file extension does visual studio uses and which programming extension would be best in visual studio? thanx

[trevster344]

ASP.Net stands for active server pages, they are a web based application that uses the .Net framework. VB.Net is visual basic that uses the .Net framework, it is not web based. Both share similar syntax so it's easy to move from one to the other, but run two different ways for obvious reasons. You'll be writing an asp.net application then I take it, but you'll be using visual studio to accomplish that as visual studio depending on the version you get, contains some nifty tools for beginning an asp.net application, or a vb.net windows forms application, again depends on the version you are running. I would assume the best to use would be asp.net considering there is no other file extension for it really.

[h4nnib4l]

ASP.NET pages use .aspx extensions. You use either C#.NET or VB.NET within the site, either in the .aspx page or in a code-behind file (my personal preference). Just some advice: if you are asking these questions, you are a long way from being ready to build a site in ASP.NET. I'd recommend doing some learning before you start trying to build your site. Get yourself a good ASP.NET book and dive in.

[trevster344]

I have to agree. I would start with some c#.net forms applications or .net windows forms applications to get the hang of the environment.

[AdamSpeight2008]

ASP.Net is a Project Type you can create via Visual Studio.
Which you can see in the attached screen capture. (Note: I'm using the VS11 RC so yours me look a bit more colorful)