Visual Studio 2005 (Whidbey) and Movie Collection Starter Kit

Microsoft has released the second beta version of the “Whidbey” version of Visual Studio 2005. Free downloads of the Express Editions are available for web development, Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual C++, SQL Server, and Visual J#.

To make it really easy to get started with Whidbey, you should also investigate the Amazon-Enabled Movie Collection Starter Kit, available for C# and Visual Basic. This is a complete, running, ECS-powered application. You can use it as-is, or you can use it as the basis of your own application, as desired.