VB.NET - IIS Server

[Ann McCall]

Hi,

Please can someone confirm if I am right with the following statements:

To develop and run vb.net apps, we do not need an IIS Server.
To develop and run asp.net apps, we do need an IIS Server.


Thanks in advance,

 

[giadich]

You got it. Well, sort of.

ASP.net --> web apps
VB.net --> windows apps

Depends on the tools you use, you could write an asp.net application without installing IIS server. This is because some tool has a built-in web server.

 

[JohnH]

From VS 2005 (or VWD2005 if you wish) there is integrated local webserver used to debug web applications. Windows applications doesn't run on a web server. For older Studio versions you need IIS or a .Net compatible web server to run the web application, Cassini has been used.

 

[Ann McCall]

C# - windows?

Hi,

Can you use C# language if it is a windows app or does it have to be VB?

Thanks

 

[JohnH]

.Net framework and Visual Studio can be used with lots of programming languages (including C#), at this site we only use VB.Net language.