[AccessD] Old Dog - New Tricks

I'm finally biting the bullet.  I've been working in VB6 and Access FEs (with a 
bit of ASP)  to Access and SQL Server BEs, I've had  Visual Studio Pro 
2005 for a year or so now and am just starting to get into it.

I suspect that my next few years are going to be VB and ASP .Net with SQL 
Server BEs  (using Compact version for local data stores)


On 26 Jan 2008 at 11:46, Susan Harkins 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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