Martin Reid
mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk
Fri Apr 27 10:19:34 CDT 2007
www.asp.net www.4guysfromrolla.com Martin Martin WP Reid Training and Assessment Unit Riddle Hall Belfast tel: 02890 974465 ________________________________ From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com on behalf of Charlotte Foust Sent: Fri 27/04/2007 16:10 To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Dot Net, where to start? But courses like that don't focus on Gustav's main issue, databases. Rick Dobson has a couple of books out that can be helpful in that area: "Programming SQL Server 2000 with Visual Vasic .Net" and "Programming Microsoft Visual Basic .Net for Microsoft Access Databases". The big thing to get your head around is n-tier programming, which we didn't do in Access. The books tend to go straight to dataadapters and so forth and don't generally discuss the structure of a data tier. We created a data tier that is a code representation of the underlying data structure. We can then code to that abstraction regardless of whether we have access to the actual data at the time. Very handy. Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 7:29 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Dot Net, where to start? Go to GotDotNet and download all the samples. Do it relatively quickly since MS has decided to phase out this site. Also go to Visual Studio Magazine and CodePlex. There is a very good intro book called VB.NET JumpStart (google vbJumpStart and you should get to the downloadable code). I found this book so good that I am currently thinking that .NET is even easier than Access. Arthur On 4/27/07, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: > > Hi all > > It seems to be the time for me to get into the Dot Net stuff. But > where to start? > The only books on Access I've ever had are the original references and > handbooks for Access 1 and 2 and the Application Development book for > Access > 97 so I'm reluctant to buy books - I just don't have the patience ... > > In the Action Pack - which we subscribe to - I've noticed two discs > for VS > 2005 Express, "Corbis Image Disc" and "Getting Started". Are these > tutorials worth the effort to study? > > I browsed our vb list archive, which I don't subsribe to, and traffic > seems to be low, so where to discuss Dot Net matters at the same level > as we discuss Access here? > > One thing I think I've understood is that report design in VS is poor > and third party tools or Report Design Service of SQL Server 2005 are > to be preferred if you need reports on a level that match that of Access. > > Of course, my main interest is anything related to databases - pure > web development is second, and game development won't come into play. > Any advice will be greatly appreciated. > > /gustav > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com <http://www.databaseadvisors.com/> -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com <http://www.databaseadvisors.com/>