Learning to program in a Windows environment

[PapaZeb]

First off - grab a copy of Visual Studio Express - the free version of Microsoft's full-fledged IDE (Integrated Development Environment) Visual Studio
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/

Next, jump right in with Microsoft's beginners lessons.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/beginner/

Admittedly, the first time I touched Visual Studio 2005, I was completely and utterly lost. I'd last touched Visual Studio when it was "Visual Studio 97 - for Visual Basic 5" and the changes since then were monumental, I wish I'd had something like this back then.

[johnnie walker]

The one thing that annoys me about express editions is that VSTO (Visual Studio Tools for Office, the replacement for VBA) wont work with them, you need the full version.

[Sublimation]

Visual Studio is amazing !

[Zooropa]

I use VS2005 for the web apps we use in work.
Have to say, it's pretty good.

Works well together with SQL 2005 Enterprise too.