Hi Guys: Just reading up on Asp.net. I would like to build some WebSites using Asp.net and NotePad, or some Asp.net friendly text editor, rather than Visual Studio. Will I need to download Ado.net and a vb.net Editor / compiler along with Asp.net? Does Asp.net use assemblies and manifests and what about resource files and CodeBehind or Business Objects? Finally, I will download Visual Studio Pro 2008. Anyone loaded VS over the SDKs, or the other way around? I would like to be able take the VS Generated code and build standard Asp.net pages and code or resource directories much like they do in PHP ApacheMySql HTML environment and copy them directly into my brand new shiny IIS.. Any good books or tutorials? There is one example on the GrabBag if I remember. This seems the only way to learn in-depth Asp.net programming instead of drag, drop and pray. Thanks: Rick USA