Resources

Recommended Reading

Custom Software
.NET programming - a practical guide using C#
Thinking In JAVA
Code Complete
AntiPatterns
Professional C#
GUI Bloopers - Don'ts and Do's

Recommended Resource Sites

Custom Software
DejaNews
Lots of Articles
Dot Net Junkies (ASP.NET)
C# Programming
Microsoft's .NET Community
The source of it all
The Register (Biting the hand that feeds IT)
Tom's Hardware Guide
Sharky Extreme

Recommended Software

Custom Software
Visual Studio .NET
Visual Basic 6
Windows 2000 Professional
MSDN Library (Universal if you have the $$$$)
Download Accelerator Plus
Frontpage 2002
IIS 5.0
SQL Server 7 or 2000 or MSDE
Xara 3D4