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Software needed for .ASP and VB.NET software programming

Im getting started to learn VB.NET and ASP.  I am coming from a background with some experience in VB6.  

What software tools do I need in order to develop a webpage with VB.NET and ASP?  Do I need a specific web server from Microsoft?  If so, what version?  Do I need Visual Studio?  If so, what version.  What is needed to begin setting up ASP?  Is that automatically built-in to the web server?

Also, what is the difference between ASP and ASP.net, if any?

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Is visual studio pro all I need for building an application?  Hopefully I don't need enterprise
For none-enterprise, you can start with Community edition
Here's a comparison of the different editions of VS:

https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/compare/
I'm not sure if I would need enterprise.  Can community basically do all the design needs for making an app?  Can I switch it over to Pro if I need?
Visual Studio Enterprise is geared more for Team Environments.  Pro is generally more than adequate with Community being almost as robust.  Community, though, has some caveats for usage.

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What are some of those caveats?
With looking at any of those yet, do you plan on using this in an enterprise?
How is the term enterprise interpreted?  Its just me programming.
If it's only you, then you should be able to use Community with no troubles.