You might try the Express Editions of VS:

http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/

-mike-

On Dec 16, 8:51 pm, OccasionalFlyer <[email protected]> wrote:
>   I don't doubt that ASP.NET is complex.  However, the person I'm
> taking over this role from said that he does not do programming. He
> just brings up pages in MS Expressions Web and its' easy to add
> content.  However, as I said, I'm hoping not to spend $100.00 for
> something I won't use very often and for relatively simple tasks.
> Thanks.
>
> On Dec 16, 12:35 am, Cerebrus <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > Processor Devil has provided you with pertinent suggestions but how do
> > you intend to make changes without understanding how ASP.NET works ?
> > The infrastructure of ASP.NET is very dissimilar compared to JSP
> > (which is more like classic ASP).
>
> > ASPX pages often have associated code-behind files that contribute to
> > the page output. I fear the issue here is greater than the lack of an
> > IDE and I suspect that you will need to teach yourself ASP.NET before
> > delving into the code, which is no small task by itself.
>
> > On Dec 16, 1:08 pm, Processor Devil <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > if it is ASP.NET 1.1, then you can use WebMatrix, else? MS Visual Web
> > > Developer is a must...
>
> > > 2009/12/16 OccasionalFlyer <[email protected]>
>
> > > >   I recently took over the maintenance of the web site of an academic
> > > > organization I belong to.  I was asked to do this becuase I do
> > > > programming including web page development for a living but I know
> > > > virtually nothing about ASP.NET (Java, JavaServer Pages, servlets, and
> > > > JavaScript yes, but ASP.NET, no).  The site is written in ASP.NET
> > > > (which is why I didn't volunteer to take over sooner).  Anyway, I need
> > > > to make some changes. My predecessor said this is easy.  Just bring it
> > > > up in Expressions Web 3.0 and it will be obvious how to change/add
> > > > links and content.  I tried looking at the home page, deafult.aspx,
> > > > but don't see how it includes all the content on the home page, so I
> > > > guess I do need an editor.  However, since this is a volunteer role, I
> > > > owuld prefer not to spend $100.00 to get Exrpssions Web 3.0 from
> > > > Microsoft.  Are thre any good, free ASP.NET web page editors out there
> > > > that are not too hard to install and use?  I'm not going to be doing
> > > > massive work on the site (it's not that kind of site) but I do ned to
> > > > make changes on a fairly regular basis, especially right now aft4r our
> > > > annual meeting.  Can anyon offer me some advice on the tool to use?
> > > > Thanks.
>
> > > > Duncan- Hide quoted text -
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