[AccessD] Choosing web technology

LOL.  

True, in a way, but that wasn't my point.  Many 'web developers' (and I
use that term VERY loosely, and am not talking about anyone I have seen
on this list...) don't have a clue about how a website actually works.
They use other people's code, to overcharge their clients in developing
a system that is all glitz and glitter, and usually is less then stellar
internally.

If you get a good grasp of how to use plain old ASP, you should have
learned, along the way, how a web application actually works.  In my
book, that is crucial to being a GOOD web developer.  

Newer technologies really aren't improving on the core processes, they
are just implementing preprogrammed stuff to give the appearance of new
features.  For example, with ASP.NET, you have client side
events...those really don't exist.  It's being accomplished with
Javascript on the client side.  Yes, a client's browser can have events,
but the server doesn't know that, and is completely unaware of them,
unless the client sends them some how.

Not that I have anything against using something like ASP.NET.  Hey, it
does have a lot of advantages.  

If someone really wanted to learn to fly, I wouldn't recommend they
start with an SR-71 either! ;)  

It is just my opinion though....

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William
Hindman
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 8:38 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Choosing web technology

...Drew simply loves ASP ...he's much like the occasional user you run
into 
who just won't give up their Word Perfect 5.1  :)

William

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From: "Eric Barro" <ebarro at verizon.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 8:09 PM
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Choosing web technology

> I would skip classic ASP and go directly to ASP.NET. If you already
have 
> VB
> or VBA programming experience, you can easily adapt to VB.NET.
>
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