You will typically either learn VB.NET or C#. There are other languages that run the .NET framework but they are not in general usage, nor supported by Microsoft as languages.
To respond to Alan's comment, there is in fact such a thing as ASP.NET, although his insight is understood. ASP.NET encompasses the .NET programming that is done primarily within the System.Web namespace, with additional classes from the System.Net and System.Data namespaces making up the main thrust of ASP.NET. Objects that are unique to web programming and familiar to you as a CF developer (Sessions, Cookies, URLs, etc) are present and will be useful to you in .NET as they are in CF. What you will see in .NET that you don't get in CF (without the benefit of a CF framework) are event-driven applications. There is a lot more to know about and a lot less done for you. Things that seemed very easy in CF will be made ridiculously tough in ASP.NET. If you're a good programmer, you'll come to realize that the set of tools you're given can be parsed down to a select few for ease of use. Also, you can start writing libraries of your own code that will also make the transistion easier. ASP.NET is never going to be as simple or quick as CF. There are substantial basic differences in the tools. CF is principally for Web dev, although people have pushed it further than that. ASP.NET is part of the larger .NET effort that is taking over the Windows operating system. You'll see much more of it in Windows 2008. Just a few new benefits of ASP.NET/IIS 7 in Windows 2008... Ability to programmatically administer the web server ASP.NET modules that affect the processing pipeline of IIS 7 just like ISAPIs Add your own UI modules to IIS 7 - meaning that you can change IIS to do exactly what you need it to do Newly rewritten FTP service - including FTPS. I would recommend that you get started by downloading the free tool Visual Web Developer at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/express/aa700797.aspx. Install SQL Server 2005 Express along with it and you'll be writing the same sort of thing you've been doing all along, except in ASP.NET. For a forum, try http://wwww.asp.net. For IIS issues, try http://www.iis.net. When was learning .NET, I started with the Dummies books (I don't recommend them for .NET... at least, not the ones from 5 years ago) and loved the Microsoft Press books. I found them easy to use. - Matt Small >It lookos like we may be making the move away from CF to .Net so the >boss has tasked me to get going on .Net training. Can anyone recommend >good "on site" training places near Boston, Southern New Hampshire? > >Also, what's the best book out there for ASP.Net? Am I going to have to >learn C # as well? > >Thanks for any initial insight. > >D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:291553 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
