[AccessD] Old Dog - New Tricks

Mike is way ahead of me on the RoR track, but I'm catching up bit by bit.
Ruby on Rails is amazing technology, IMO.

For what it's worth, I'm also learning Python, and finding it totally neat.
As some of you may know, I play a musical instrument called tabla (drums
from India); in fact I dedicated my first book on programming to one of the
foremost tabla players in the world, Zakir Hussain. (He can be seen on
YouTube, if anyone's interested.) Anyway, for years I have fantasized about
writing a program that writes tabla solos. I've tried to do it in a dozen or
so languages, and it's been very difficult. Now in Python, I think I have
found the perfect language in which to write it. I've made more progress in
a couple of days, using Python, than I have in months using other languages.

Back to RoR. Compared to other webdev alternatives such as Java, well, there
is no comparison. It's a ton simpler than .NET, too. Finally, it runs on any
platform you desire.

All that said, my left foot remains in the Access camp, if for no other
reason than I know it so well.

Arthur


On 1/26/08, Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> No, definitely not alone. I think a number of folks here are now working
> with .NET. Our old buddy Mike Gunderloy has totally abandoned MS
> technology -- http://afreshcup.com/
>
> I think I'm going to become a travel agent. :)
>
> Susan H.
>
>
>
> >
> > Rocky,
> >
> > I wish I had advice for you.  This response is more in the form of a
> > support group.
> >
> > Hi, my name is Mark...MS Access saved my life...I love it...and now I
> > don't know if I can still make money with it. (sob,sniff)
> >
> > My point is I feel I'm in the same boat...I might not be as 'seasoned'
> as
> > some of the others...but I think I see the writing on the wall as
> > well...and its well past time for the next step.
> >
> > You are not alone my friend.
> >
> > Mark A. Matte
> >
> >
> >> From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com
> >> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> >> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:45:39 -0800
> >> Subject: [AccessD] Old Dog - New Tricks
> >>
> >> Dear List:
> >>
> >> I am trying to decide what to do when I grow up. Access is great but I
> >> think the market for indies like myself is declining and I'm thinking
> >> that I
> >> need to learn some new tricks. The question is just what to learn.
> >>
> >> I like developing small business applications - that's my strength. So
> >> that
> >> would be my target market. But what platform?
> >>
> >> I suppose whatever it is had better be web friendly. Everyone seems to
> >> want
> >> their databases and applications to reside on the web. Or, if local,
> run
> >> them in a browser.
> >>
> >> So what should I learn? VB.Net? ASP?
> >> I already have Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition which I got at a
> >> Microsoft Launch and includes SQL Server 2005.
> >> I also have VB 2008 Express Edition and Visual Web Developer.
> >> I also have Front Page but that's been obsolete by Expressions which I
> >> can
> >> get from the Web.
> >>
> >> But I don't know how these different components relate. Is ASP part of
> >> Visual Studio? Is ASP to .NET as DAO is to Access? Can you deploy a
> .Net
> >> app to the web or do you use something like Expressions to do it? What
> >> should I learn?
> >>
> >> Maybe I can combine what I need to learn with a Microsoft tutorial that
> >> will
> >> get me back into the Partner Program.
> >>
> >> I'm a bit at sea here as you can tell. But assuming that I don't lay
> down
> >> and let the feeling pass, I think it's time to start taking a serious
> >> look
> >> at what I'm going to do for the next ten years. Probably a couple years
> >> past
> >> due, actually.
> >>
> >> Any advice/experience is of course, welcome.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Rocky
> >>
> >>
> >>
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