This page will be updated as new downloads are released. The .NET Resources page is specifically for resources related to .NET development.
Latest Downloads:
Frameworks, Controls, etc.
Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions (link)
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 for Vista (link)
.NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package (link)
.NET 2.0 CSS Friendly Control Adapters 1.0 (link)
All ASP.NET Downloads (Visual Web Developer, Frameworks, AJAX, etc.) (link)
The official AJAX framework (link)
.NET Control Gallery (link)
ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit (link)
NDoc Code Documentation for .NET (link)
Free ASP.NET CMS
Umbraco (link)
AxCMS (link)
Helpful websites:
These are the sites that I usually go to in finding information and to keep up with web development.
VB Forums (link)
ASP.NET (link)
MSDN Library (link)
Channel 9 (link)
The Code Project (link)
DotNotJunkies (link)
Smashing Magazine (link)
SQL Server Reference (link)
DaniWeb Code Snippets (link)
EggHeadCafe (link)
Connection Strings (link)
Planet Source Code (link)
Developer’s Blog:
I love blogs and as boring as their layout is sometimes, I like the ‘personal’ touch that an author provides. It is also always updated and up to date with latest issues and/or things depending on the type of blog. So here are the ones that I usually stop by once in a while and visit just to get a different insight on things.
ASP.NET Weblog (link)
Nikhil Kothari’s Weblog (link)
Scott Gu’s Weblog (link)
Tutorials/videos:
Silverlight (link)
ASP.NET QuickStart Tutorials (link)
ASP.NET Data Tutorials (link)
Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Guided Tour (link)
Archived Webcasts (link)
ASP.NET All Video Tutorials (link)
ASP.NET AJAX Roadmap (link)
Visual Basic at the movies (link)
Specific Topics and Articles:
You’ll notice below that I specified a ‘tag’ for each articles so it will be easier to distinguish an article from another. I found these articles to be very useful when I was researching specific topics centered around web development and programming.
SitePoint articles (link)
VB.NET Coding Guidelines (link) – VB
The Power of SQL CASE Statements (link) – SQL
The Joys of Nolock and Rowlock (link) – SQL
Convert C# to VB.NET w/ offline converter (link) – VB
Error Handling (link) – VB
Visual Studio 2005 IDE Tips and Tricks (link) – VS
