Domains and hosting

Prime

Please humour me, as I never dabbled in the "make your own" website side of the net which was so popular all those years ago and I've got a few questions.

I've just bought a domain name for the purpose of learning ASP.net, what type of hosting package will I require to be able to practice this? I have been looking here http://www.hostinguk.net/webhosting.asp

Once you have a hosting package is it simple to link the host to the domain?

bowen

The basic one, and yes, that's about all you'd need to do Prime.

Prime

Thanks, gone with the basic. Should be fun.

Jasconius

You don't need a domain and host to learn ASP.NET.

Visual Studio comes with a local webhost for testing.

In fact it's easier to learn with the local host since ASP.NET is subject to a huge swath of arcane and unholy configuration settings that can be declared at the machine and app pool level and can vary by host.

It won't really matter for the ultra basics but I've had many a duel with .NET hosts over shoddy configurations on their part.

Prime

Oh I know you dont NEED it as ive been using it for a week or two, but if your gonna practice something why not practice it for real. Not exactly gonna miss the 5-6 quid it cost to setup

bowen

I agree with Jasconius.

However, it's always great to share what you're doing and have other people try it out too to see what they think.