[dba-Tech] VS.NET

Hi Steve,

In a way, you'll find asp.net quite similar to Access program in that it
offers 'event-based' programming similar to the code you create in VBA.  Not
many other server-side web technologies offer this (I don't know of any
anyway), and it is able to maintain 'state' between pages (postbacks)
automatically, again which is pretty unique.

VB.Net is a step up from VBA, and there's a few new 'OO' principles to get
hold of, however if you've had some experience previously with VB or VBA
then it shouldn't be too difficult to pick up.

I've found VS.Net to be a great IDE - heaps of features that you'll wonder
how you ever did without before.

Good luck!

Andrew



-----Original Message-----
From: Steven W. Erbach [mailto:serbach at new.rr.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 20 July 2004 6:06 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] VS.NET

Dear Group,

I just picked up a check covering the retainer for a decent-sized (at least
compared to what I've gotten in the past two years) project: to convert an
Access application to a web-based application. I've set a time frame of
three months for its completion. Lot of learning to do. I bought four books
already on ADO.NET, ASP.NET, VB.NET.

And today on Ebay I found a copy of Visual Studio 2003 .NET Enterprise
Developer Edition (whew! These names just get longer and longer...) for
$295...and my client is willing to pay for it!

I'm going to post a question on dba-Tech, too, but I thought I'd run this
past you lot. Anyone doing ASP.NET here? Anyone using Visual Studio .NET in
any flavor? I actually had my first dream about .NET last night already.
Sheesh! I guess I'm primed to make the move seriously into web development.

Any books on ASP/ADO.NET that you'd recommend? Web sites? This is a big
re-tooling of skills for me. Thanks.

Steve Erbach
Scientific Marketing
Neenah, WI
920-969-0504


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