Re: [NF] Re-doing an app as browser based, using C# vs PHP

2007-10-26 Thread Vince Teachout
Alan Bourke wrote: > Download the free Visual Web Developer from MS > and take a look. > Thanks for the tip, I'll check into it. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free versio

Re: [NF] Re-doing an app as browser based, using C# vs PHP

2007-10-25 Thread Alan Bourke
Vince Teachout wrote: > > Actually, will C# even build web pages? You would be looking at ASP.NET as the technology, you can do the code in any .Net language and inject Javascript etc as well. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Main

Re: [NF] Re-doing an app as browser based, using C# vs PHP

2007-10-25 Thread Alan Bourke
Vince Teachout wrote: > Are there good solid business reasons for using C# vs PHP, or vice > versa? Or is C# a reasonable way to go? > I dunno about a business reason, but IMO you will get something much closer to the totally integrated RAD environment that you would be used to from VFP etc

Re: [NF] Re-doing an app as browser based, using C# vs PHP

2007-10-24 Thread Vince Teachout
Ed Leafe wrote: > Anything that can manipulate text can build web pages. C# has plenty > of text processing power, so yes, it can be used to build a website. > I'm betting he thinks that we can re-do the app in C#, click a button and have it generate web pages that look and function jus

Re: [NF] Re-doing an app as browser based, using C# vs PHP

2007-10-24 Thread Vince Teachout
Ed Leafe wrote: > On Oct 24, 2007, at 9:52 PM, Vince Teachout wrote: > > >> The backend will be hosted on MS machines, using MS SQL Server, and he >> has a fear of losing business because a few of his larger clients >> are MS >> ONLY shops. (Period. Not anything we have any control over.) >>

Re: [NF] Re-doing an app as browser based, using C# vs PHP

2007-10-24 Thread Ed Leafe
On Oct 24, 2007, at 9:52 PM, Vince Teachout wrote: > The backend will be hosted on MS machines, using MS SQL Server, and he > has a fear of losing business because a few of his larger clients > are MS > ONLY shops. (Period. Not anything we have any control over.) And they would know w

Re: [NF] Re-doing an app as browser based, using C# vs PHP

2007-10-24 Thread Ed Leafe
On Oct 24, 2007, at 9:59 PM, Vince Teachout wrote: >>> The whole point of a browser-based app is that it is *not* >>> platform- >>> dependent. Desktop apps, yes, but not browsers. > Actually, will C# even build web pages? If not, I don't know how it > will help, anyway. I'm going to just h

Re: [NF] Re-doing an app as browser based, using C# vs PHP

2007-10-24 Thread Vince Teachout
Ted Roche wrote: > That's a bogus reason. PHP runs on Windows. Or do they only want to > run MS languages with MS databases on MS operating systems? > Yup. That's actually the mentality of a few of these shops. We don't have access to the PHBs in those shops, and it's a dead issue. > If the

Re: [NF] Re-doing an app as browser based, using C# vs PHP

2007-10-24 Thread Ted Roche
On 10/24/07, Vince Teachout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mainly because he wants to be > sure he doesn't run afoul of any customers that have MS Only shops. That's a bogus reason. PHP runs on Windows. Or do they only want to run MS languages with MS databases on MS operating systems? > I'd like

Re: [NF] Re-doing an app as browser based, using C# vs PHP

2007-10-24 Thread Vince Teachout
Kristyne McDaniel wrote: > How do you feel about that? How do they feel about that? I've found that the > typical C# shop is pretty certain they know so much more than anybody else > that they think you have to be already programming in it for a couple of > years before you can work for them. >

RE: [NF] Re-doing an app as browser based, using C# vs PHP

2007-10-24 Thread Kristyne McDaniel
Vince, > I know nothing about C#, but can learn anything. How do you feel about that? How do they feel about that? I've found that the typical C# shop is pretty certain they know so much more than anybody else that they think you have to be already programming in it for a couple of years before y

Re: [NF] Re-doing an app as browser based, using C# vs PHP

2007-10-24 Thread Vince Teachout
Vince Teachout wrote: > Ed Leafe wrote: > >> The whole point of a browser-based app is that it is *not* platform- >> dependent. Desktop apps, yes, but not browsers. Actually, will C# even build web pages? If not, I don't know how it will help, anyway. I'm going to just have to wait unt

Re: [NF] Re-doing an app as browser based, using C# vs PHP

2007-10-24 Thread Vince Teachout
Ed Leafe wrote: > The whole point of a browser-based app is that it is *not* platform- > dependent. Desktop apps, yes, but not browsers. Ask him if he has any > problems with my site, which doesn't have a lick of Microsoft- > anything on it. Or even this list that supports a Microsoft pro

Re: [NF] Re-doing an app as browser based, using C# vs PHP

2007-10-24 Thread Ed Leafe
On Oct 24, 2007, at 9:27 PM, Vince Teachout wrote: > A client of mine wants to do a browser based version of his App > (which I > spend most of my time supporting) in C#. Mainly because he wants > to be > sure he doesn't run afoul of any customers that have MS Only shops. The whole p

[NF] Re-doing an app as browser based, using C# vs PHP

2007-10-24 Thread Vince Teachout
A client of mine wants to do a browser based version of his App (which I spend most of my time supporting) in C#. Mainly because he wants to be sure he doesn't run afoul of any customers that have MS Only shops. I know nothing about C#, but can learn anything. He doesn't want to hear anythin