I want to program in the business standard. I can program in php but no matter how many times you deny it, asp.net is nearly 12 times faster then php and I don't want to hear anything otherwise. Look up the numbers if you don't believe me. But I got a ebook on ASP.NET 3.5 beginners and I'm not understanding it. They say it's for beginners but they expect me already know a lot of stuff. I'm not even sure if you can program asp.net in notepad, I'm very confused. My questions-
1. Does ASP.NET need visual studios 2008 even if I'm not hosting the server? I don't want to buy this! And I don't want to work in a FrontPage / DreamWeaver type program; I hand write EVERYTHING and that's that!
2. Do I need to know C#, J#, and VB script as well? It doesn't say anything, it just assumes I know.
3. The tutorial for the ASP.NET 3.5 so far has had nothing to do with programming. It's pretty much telling me how to use a FrontPage-like program. Is there any coding involved?
The capabilities of asp.net are very exciting. When I read the descriptions it makes me want to learn, but how can I learn when the beginners tutorials expect me to know this stuff. Where does anyone learn this in the first place? I don't want to wait until college to learn this stuff. I'm willing to learn but have found no good teachers D:
1. Does ASP.NET need visual studios 2008 even if I'm not hosting the server? I don't want to buy this! And I don't want to work in a FrontPage / DreamWeaver type program; I hand write EVERYTHING and that's that!
2. Do I need to know C#, J#, and VB script as well? It doesn't say anything, it just assumes I know.
3. The tutorial for the ASP.NET 3.5 so far has had nothing to do with programming. It's pretty much telling me how to use a FrontPage-like program. Is there any coding involved?
The capabilities of asp.net are very exciting. When I read the descriptions it makes me want to learn, but how can I learn when the beginners tutorials expect me to know this stuff. Where does anyone learn this in the first place? I don't want to wait until college to learn this stuff. I'm willing to learn but have found no good teachers D: