What is dotNet?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Framework

Microsoft Redistribute dotNet
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=10CC340B-F857-4A14-83F5-25634C3BF043

Tutorials:
Visual Basic.NET
http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/NET/vbNet.html

Visual C#.NET
http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/csharp/csharp.html

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