~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: "Steve Henry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: General Question for ASP developers who know a bit about Vis Studio .net
: I'm an ASP developer with no knowledge of .net. : Microsoft's VS.net product overview doesn't even mention ASP.net, just : VB.net, C.net etc. Why isn't ASP.net mentioned? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VB.Net, C#, Managed C++ are some of the "new" languages that are supported in the .Net Framework. You use these languages to write any .Net application, whether it be a WebForm app (ie an ASP.Net application), or a WinForm app (ie what you'd think of today as a Windows App). There's heaps of stuff that Microsoft has put out about writing ASP.Net applications, it's just that you may not find it when looking at VS.Net, since VS.Net is just a development environment. Check out www.asp.net which is MS's main ASP.Net website. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : Also, does anyone know how tricky/easy the transition (from a : VBScript-based ASP programmer's point of view) is from ASP to : ASP.net/VS.net? : Apparently VBScript is ousted in VS.net, in favour of VB. Does this : simply extend the syntax and functionality, or does it require a paradigm : shift by the preogrammer? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VB.Net is a fully object-oriented language. Whilst the syntax is similar (you have the same constructs like For Each, If...End If) you need to get around Classes/Objects/Structures/Members/etc to be able to utilise it completely. However, getting started with simple ASP.net apps isn't all that difficult. Suggest you invest in a couple of ASP.Net books. I'd recommend: ASP.Net Unleashed by Steven Walther Beginning ASP.Net using VB.Net (Wrox Press) Visual Basic.Net Class Design Handbook (Wrox Press): this is if you have no background knowledge on OO programming concepts. It also explains a bit about the stack/managed heap etc Cheers Ken --- You are currently subscribed to activeserverpages as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
