[AccessD] OT: How To Learn VS 2005

Well, after spending some time at the bookshelf I got a Sams book "Teach 
Yourself Visual Basic .Net 2003 in 21 days" (Holzner) -  probably take me 
121 but it looks pretty step-by-step - kind of like the Balter book I used 
years ago to get into Access.

Rocky

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From: "Josh McFarlane" <darsant at gmail.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
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Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: How To Learn VS 2005


> On 12/11/05, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software <bchacc at san.rr.com> 
> wrote:
>> So I loaded up VS 2005 with an eye towards converting The Sleep Advisor 
>> to a web app.  Opened it up and don't understand a thing I'm looking at. 
>> Looks wonderful but I just don't know where to begin.
>>
>> So what advice does anyone have on how to get started.
>>
>> The guy at the Microsoft event where I got the VS 2005 strongly 
>> recommended I go to http://www.asp.net and to the tutorials.  But I'm not 
>> sure how ASP fits into the mix.  Except that the program has to collect 
>> and save and process a minimal amount of data.
>>
>> What's the best approach here.  Can I learn it myself?  Should I find a 
>> class? Get a book?  Hire someone to do it for me?
>
> Play around, start small.
>
> First thing you will need to do is get used to whatever framework you
> want to use. For me and C++, it's MFC. From there you have to learn
> how to handle the creation of forms and all that other fun stuff.
>
> Put the Sleep Advisor aside for the moment, and just try to get the
> hang of how to use the language you're wanting to program it in.
>
> Once you can get a basic form up and running, then you can work
> towards getting the Sleep Advisor working on it. Not sure how ASP is,
> but you're likely going to have to implement a backend to handle the
> database interaction if it's like C++ at all.
>
> I don't personally know ASP so can't give you any advice on where to
> start beyond that..
>
> --
> Josh McFarlane
>
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