[AccessD] Action Pack, now with special edition toolkit for Web Solution Providers

...I too have shifted my development environment from primarily Access to 
.Net ...and if you like 2 you're going to love 3.5 :)

...if only there was an AccessD equivalent for .Net ...tried quite a few 
...keep coming back here for some damn reason :)

William

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Action Pack,now with special edition toolkit for Web 
Solution Providers


> Having started using VS2005 (in 2007) I must say I am extremely impressed
> with the functionality of VB.Net and Visual Studio.  .NET 2.0 is a
> programmers dream, assuming you are willing to climb the learning curve. 
> I
> also have to say I was not nearly as impressed with .Net 1.0 and in fact 
> my
> experience with that was one reason I delayed so long in trying to do the
> 2.0 stuff.
>
> I am nowhere near proficient with 2.0 but I like it a lot.
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 4:09 AM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: [AccessD] Action Pack,now with special edition toolkit for Web
> Solution Providers
>
> Hi all
>
> We (my employer and I) don't want to spend money on the "MS exam circus" 
> as
> the ROI is zero. Thus, our official Small Business Specialist status will 
> be
> lost (and our clients don't care as they hardly knew that anyway). No big
> deal.
>
> However, that status have the additional benefit that combined with the
> Action Pack Subscription (where the ROI is huge) you are offered Visual
> Studio Standard 2005 for free. So no SB partner => no free VS which is bad
> now that VS2008 is close.
>
> But a new free add-on to the Action Pack is now announced which could be 
> of
> interest for those of you not having Visual Studio yet or have felt the
> limitations of the free Express editions, a "special edition toolkit" for
> Web Solution Providers:
>
> https://partner.microsoft.com/webresourcekit
>
> It includes Microsoft Visual Studio Standard 2008 and Expression Studio.
> The estimated ship date for the kit is January 2008.
>
> One of the steps to obtain the kit is to:
>
>  Successfully complete one of three free online courses and the
>  associated assessment with a score of 70 percent or higher ..
>
> These seems to have a duration from 0,5 to 1,5 hours, so you have to pay 
> by
> spending some of your valuable time!
>
> /gustav
>
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