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Somebody! Please help to start.
I didn't work for couple of years and now I found myself lost.
It looks like Microsoft changed their subscription packages.
What do I need to order or subscribe to get
C#.NET, VB.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET ???

Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect
Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Developer
Visual Studio .NET Professional

are the languages part of any of them or do I have to order them separately?

And I need MS-SQL Server with Database. Any suggestion on what to order?

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Short answer: the languages and the .NET runtime (C#, Visual Basic, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, etc.) are provided as part of the Visual Studio product line — you do not buy the languages separately. As asked, and as , and observed, the IDE ships with the compilers, templates and the .NET Framework support that let you build Windows and ASP.NET apps; Visual Studio 2005 was the release that formalized the Express/Standard/Professional/Team editions and the .NET 2.0 stack. (Visual Studio 2005 lifecycle and editions)

What to pick depends on scope and budget. Express editions (free) are fine for learning, single-language hobby projects and small ASP.NET apps; Professional is the practical choice for most individual developers; the Team / Enterprise role-based editions add architecture, testing, and ALM tools for larger teams. MSDN subscriptions that come with some SKUs add downloadable server software and developer copies of SQL Server for testing — check the edition matrix before buying. (Microsoft’s VS2005 product information and subscription notes describe these options.)

Database: SQL Server comes in separate SKUs. For development use the Developer edition (full feature-set, licensed for development/test only) or the free Express edition for small projects — do not use Developer for production. Microsoft documented the SQL Server 2005 product family (including Express) and the guidance about Developer licensing. (SQL Server 2005 editions, Developer edition licensing guidance)

Practical checklist: if you buy a VS SKU, confirm the MSDN inclusion (if any) and whether a SQL Server Developer DVD/key is bundled; verify language support via File → New Project templates; never run Developer-edition databases in production; and, because VS2005 is out of mainstream support, prefer a current Visual Studio/VS Code + modern SQL Server/Azure for new projects unless you must maintain legacy .NET 2.0 code.

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>are the languages part of any of them
Yes.

>Any suggestion on what to order?
Go to the Visual Studio web site and compare features, then order what best fits your needs.

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Somebody! Please help to start.
I didn't work for couple of years and now I found myself lost.
It looks like Microsoft changed their subscription packages.
What do I need to order or subscribe to get
C#.NET, VB.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET ???

Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect
Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Developer
Visual Studio .NET Professional

are the languages part of any of them or do I have to order them separately?

And I need MS-SQL Server with Database. Any suggestion on what to order?

C#.NET is a programming language that is mainly used with the .NET framework it was built for the framework. VB.NET is a language used to develop .NET applications with the traditional VB style. ASP.NET applications are web applications that you make using any of the CLR supported language in .NET, which is around 26. The most common for ASP.NET is C#, VB.NET, J#. ADO.NET is a database access layer for interacting with databases it is built into the .NET framework for all programming languages that are supported by the CLR.

VS.NET Enterpise architect is mainly for a person that is doing software architecture. It has a number of features that the others don't that is why it is the most expensive.

VS.NET pro and Ebterprise Developer are mainly for the general applications developers. Pro is based for the average program developer. Whereas Enterprise Developer is geard toward Enterprise level development.

If you are doing general programming I would suggest VS.NET Professional. C#, VB.NET are basically modules that are loaded into VS so and you get those in VS.NET pro and up.

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In our field if you are not in touch with the technology for one year then you are lost.

Now Answer to your question is:
C#.net,VB.net,ASP.net etc. are part of Visual studio.net.
Go for Visual Studio.net 2005.
You will find everything you need there.

> Somebody! Please help to start.
> I didn't work for couple of years and now I found myself lost.
> It looks like Microsoft changed their subscription packages.
> What do I need to order or subscribe to get
> C#.NET, VB.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET ???

> Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect
> Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Developer
> Visual Studio .NET Professional

> are the languages part of any of them or do I have to order them > separately?

> And I need MS-SQL Server with Database. Any suggestion on what to > order?

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