Hi guys,

I currently program in PHP for about 5 years now and kinda seeking to update my horizons. Professional language here in Québec seems to be a lot in the dot net industry.

I know already the basic syntax of the language (it's the same with every languages with just a little tweak :P ) so to know how to declare vars it's not that usefull.

If someone could send me ressources from the basic "hello world" to a basic user auth (with db why not) and some theory of how work the code behind feature i'd really appreciate :)

[edit] ressources in C# if possible, i'm not a big fan of vb.net personnaly :p

Renard,
Lots of good things on 4guys: http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/
Lots of resources here: http://www.411asp.net/ (apps, tutorials and snippets)
Starter kits are here: http://www.asp.net/downloads/starterkits/default.aspx?tabid=62
And lots more good C# tutorials here: http://aspalliance.com/articles/LearnCSharp.aspx

That should help get you started. If you plan on getting some books, the Wrox ASP.Net range are good.

Wrox books are good if you already have an understanding of the concept (as you seem to do).

Now that MSDN is free, I would highly recommend you bookmark that site. It can get a bit tech-heavy at times, but it is the definitive resource for all things Microsoft related. No forum can hold a light to it (imo).

While you are microsoft's website, download their free Visual Studio Express Edition toolkits. These are essentially stripped down versions of their flagship Visual Studio IDE and are customized for people just like yourself that are trying to get familiar with the technology. There are kits available for C#, VB, and Web Development. Its best if you start getting familiar with these tools because in a job role, you will be most likely working on Visual Studio and this is a good way to familiarize yourself with the IDE.

MSDN (May 2006) (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=373930CB-A3D7-4EA5-B421-DD6818DC7C41&displaylang=en)
Visual Studio Express Editions (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx)

Thanks to both of you ! It's much appreciated.

I just did downloaded the VS express edition and it seems kinda promising. I'll see from there :)

Buy a book from O'Reilly, they have very good computer programming books. I had their book for ASP.Net 1.1, well worth the price and it teach you starting from the basic way better than anything found on the web.