How long will it take for me to learn ASP.NET?
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There are various books by Sam's on learning programming in "24 hours" or whatever, if those are your thing you could try obtaining one and you could pick up the basics in a few days or less.
It depends in part on your budget, how you learn best, and your general knowledge of programming.
C# and ASP .NET developer for the last 3+ years.
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It would be a good idea to learn XHTML and CSS if you haven't already, (If you're going to be making web sites or web applications). All of the web controls you will work with render markup that you should be familiar with so you can plan your other markup in the site to get the layout you desire. You should also familiarize yourself with Javascript and Ajax and the popular javascript library jQuery.
Armed with the skills and knowledge of these languages, you will be able to make websites as powerful as Facebook and even Mahalo (Although it does take a lot of time to develop such robust web sites).
To really answer your question, it depends on how quickly you comprehend the ideas. I recommend you get a decompiler such as Red Gate's .NET Reflector http://www.red-gate.com/products/reflector/ so that you can decompile the .NET Binaries and study how they have programmed the many classes used in the framework.
http://www.red-gate.com/products/reflector/
I've been a web designer and .NET developer since 2007. I learned it well enough to build content management systems and web applications within the first year.
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Well the book title implies 24 hours but I don't think they meant consecutively; the chapters are broken out such that they intend for you to take them on at 1 hour apiece.
I do ASP .NET and MS SQL development for my current job, if you want to bounce ideas back and forth or think through a project, feel free to ask.