Hello, Can anybody help me creating a custom webpart to fetch data from a list and display it on a webpart. I want to know how to proceed from the beginning and i need help in coding part also.

how to add the new object reference??? Can u give me the code for the program......create a hello world webpart in WSS 3.0 using visual studio 2008

Hello everybody, I am trying to create a "hello world" webpart in WSS3.0. I am using visual studio 2008 for it. while i am writing code, i am getting the following error: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". Can anybody help me debugging this error??? I am new to both WSS and visual studio.