Wrox publishing makes some very good books to get you up and going with .NET. They offer several beginner and professional books. A good one to start with would be the book called:

Understanding the .Net Framework ISBN: 1861007094

It gives a good overview of .NET

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>I knew that visual.net is very good n difficult to learn but i'm eager to learn n know about it.... could you tell me what to know first or the basic knowledge to get to know with visual.net.... Any of you have to source book or online tutorial...?? Please help me n let me know...
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