Install Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition by following these simple steps:
1. Browse to http://www.microsoft.com/express/vwd/.
2. Click the Download Now! link.
3. Under the Web Install section, click the Download link for Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition.
4. Execute the downloaded file, vnssetup.exe.
5. After you accept the terms and conditions, you’re offered two additional optional products: MSDN Express Library, which contains the product and framework documentation, and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. Make sure to tick both options. This is very important, as we’ll be needing the SQL Server Express Edition database server to complete projects later in the book. Click Next.
Figure : Installing Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition
6.In the next setup screen you’ll be informed of the products and components you’re about to install. Click Next, and wait for the installer to download and install the software. You can see what the setup window looks like in Figure above.
7.Start Visual Web Developer to ensure it has installed correctly for you. Its welcome screen should look like Figure below.
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Figure : The Start Page of Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition
1. Browse to http://www.microsoft.com/express/vwd/.
2. Click the Download Now! link.
3. Under the Web Install section, click the Download link for Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition.
4. Execute the downloaded file, vnssetup.exe.
5. After you accept the terms and conditions, you’re offered two additional optional products: MSDN Express Library, which contains the product and framework documentation, and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. Make sure to tick both options. This is very important, as we’ll be needing the SQL Server Express Edition database server to complete projects later in the book. Click Next.
Figure : Installing Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition
6.In the next setup screen you’ll be informed of the products and components you’re about to install. Click Next, and wait for the installer to download and install the software. You can see what the setup window looks like in Figure above.
7.Start Visual Web Developer to ensure it has installed correctly for you. Its welcome screen should look like Figure below.
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Figure : The Start Page of Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition