Re: Advice on asp.net for comercial programmer

From: Don Grover (spamfree_at_assoft.com.au)
Date: 05/21/04 

Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 09:35:20 +1000

Thanks Kevin
Im just a bit weary on starting a large asp.net app in a new environment.

Don

"Kevin Spencer" <kspencer@takempis.com> wrote in message
news:eQyXzazPEHA.2704@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi Don,
>
> > 1) What time frames should I allow for getting upto speed in asp/vb .net
> > from a comercial asp & vb6 background.
>
> Hard to say for sure. Many VB6 programmers are hardly programmers at all,
> but more like macro designers. However, if you have experience with VB6 as
> well as VBScript, you should have some advantage. Still, again, it depends
> on how much you know about programming already (which, with VB developers,
> can be from almost nothing to almost everything), and particularly, how
much
> you know about object-oriented, event-driven programming. Could be
anywhere
> from 6 months to forever.
>
> > 2) What development packages should I use, reccomended.
>
> Visual Studio.Net is the best proggramming platform. Having a good HTML
> editor like FrontPage or Dreamweaver helps a good bit, as VS.Net has a
sucky
> HTML editor.
>
> > 3) Setting up a Test Server, is windows small business server good
enough
> to
> > test against.
>
> It depends. A good rule of thumb is, your development platform should
> closely mimic your deployment platform. However, you can certainly develop
> ASP.Net apps on any Windows OS from Windows 2000 forward, as long as that
> version includes IIS.
>
> > What else do I need or what else should i ask ?
>
> The Microsoft .Net SDK is free, and a great reference:
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9B3A2CA6-3647-4070-9F41-A333C6B9181D&displaylang=en
>
> --
> HTH,
> Kevin Spencer
> .Net Developer
> Microsoft MVP
> Big things are made up
> of lots of little things.
>
> "Don Grover" <spamfree@assoft.com.au> wrote in message
> news:#z0YonvPEHA.1840@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Im looking for advice on migrating from asp to asp.net.
> > If someone can answer a few questions please.
> >
> > 1) What time frames should I allow for getting upto speed in asp/vb .net
> > from a comercial asp & vb6 background.
> >
> > 2) What development packages should I use, reccomended.
> >
> > 3) Setting up a Test Server, is windows small business server good
enough
> to
> > test against.
> >
> > What else do I need or what else should i ask ?
> >
> > I have too start a major web based project that should take 6 months and
> was
> > wondering if I should develop it in .net
> >
> > Regards
> > Don Grover
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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