.net on apache - xp

[Jeff Wheeler]

Sorry for making so many threads recently:

here's my problem... I want to learn asp.net and c# stuff as my dad's friend told me to do, so that I can grauduate :D from php and go to a language that's more advanced. But, I want to right both stand-alone applications (and compile with a free complier) and run .net applications with apache on a xp home machine.

Is this possible, I've been searching google for hours looking for a solution but so far I don't think it's possible

[Jeff Wheeler]

and might I ask, what is the best free compiler?

[T-O]

A good programm that is free for typing up you C is DEV-C++ or a programm that i use wich I though was free also is Borland C++

For ASP.NET wich i rarely get to these days i just use Dreamweaver maybe not the best programm but it works for me. :)

[Jeff Wheeler]

yeah but dreamweaver doesn't compile, does borland compile c# and asp.net?

I'm utterly confused

[Jeff Wheeler]

is this even possible?

[Johnny64]

Ok
Dreamweaver can't compile. It's a Syntax highlighter.
There is a big differcene between C++, C and C++.net, C#
Don't know much about ASP.
If you what to learn things free I would stay with just C or C++ and not C++.net and C# because thay are from M$. And we all know that M$ dosen't do anything for free. :P
As for borland, don't know much there neither

[Jeff Wheeler]

hm... I know there is a big difference between c languages, I think there is a relation between c# and .net though, but nobody has answered my main question, is there any module for apache 2.0.50 that will parse asp pages? if so does this also work with .net

[Jeff Wheeler]

I guess you can't parse asp on apache and need iis?

[dropkick]

go to asp.net (www.asp.net) - it should have pretty much everything you need. For an ASP.NET IDE use Web Matrix.

[Jeff Wheeler]

I don't think you can use that with apache though can you? Is there anything like mod_mono for windows?

[dropkick]

Web Matrix is just a dev tool for asp.net - for windows forms apps Eclipse is a free one that might work for ya(I've never used it, I have Visual Studio 2003)

Why do you have to use apache?

[Jeff Wheeler]

because I'm on xp home and host my site on it, I don't want to use iis (and don't think I can) so apache is pretty much the only option if I'm also going to use php and mysql and other stuff like that