Project might be a strong word, its just an online calculator.  The entire process is a project for me however.  First of all I’m a Java developer that has been developing on Linux for most of the past 11 years.  I have to get used to running Windows, I have a license of XP that I use at work for Outlook.  This calculator needs to be hosted on an IIS Server.  ASP.Net seemed like the least barrier to entry.

• Went to www.microsoft.com -> All Products -> ASP.NET
• Installed “Microsoft Web Platform Installer”
• Looked like many of the options were already installed for me by our IT team.
• Installed the ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Framework (not sure if it was necessary, but wanted to try out the platform installer)
• Went to www.asp.net
• Installed the “Visual Web Developer” via the Web Platform Installer.  Took several minutes.
• Started Viisual Web Developer.
• First “Hello World” took about 2 hours total.