Re: an old geezer running visual studio for the first time
- From: "TJS" <nospam@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 12:26:44 -0700
Although it is not necessary to use vs, and many people don't,
a solution is to Google -->
books visual studio
"TB" <tbpostbox-googlegroups@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi all:
>
> If you think that the following comments are absolute amateurish, then
> please bear with me, or simply skip this thread.
>
> A couple of months back I made the decision to initiate a gradual upgrade
> of my web programming skills from Classic ASP / VBS to ASP.NET / VB.NET.
>
> While the study of the language differences and all the new features in
> .NET has so far not been a traumatic experience, I am a bit shell-schocked
> after installing and running for the first time Visual Studio .Net (2003
> edition).
>
> Until now I have programmed everything in the old-fashioned way, i.e. with
> a bare minimum of tools: a simple editor for coding, a bit of Frontpage
> for page layout, and my browser to see the results when running the page
> against a local instance of IIS.
>
> I have done quite a bit web programming, developing anything from yellow
> pages to accounting programs.
>
> But when I ran VS.NET for the first time, I simply didn't know where to
> start.
>
> The program appears to be a sort of Swiss-knife approach to programming,
> eliminating the need for external apps. During the past couple of years I
> have developed my own little collection of helpers which I use during
> development.
>
> VS.NET creates files for "project mangement". My project management
> normally consists notes and diagrams. My reusable code (subs and
> functions) is kept in separate files, which I either reference to or
> cut/paste - depending on the situation.
>
> I normally use a GUI tool (Frontpage for example) to generate a page
> layout. In VS.NET I am met with the question whether I want the designed
> to be grid-based or flow-based.
>
> Finally, I discovered that VS.NET saves code and html in different files.
> I am used to keeping everything together, grouping functions, subs etc
> above the <head> tag, and then insert code snippets between <% %> tags.
> This approach seems to be frowned upon by VS.NET.
>
> Am I an old-fashioned guy? No, because I have made the desicion to move to
> .NET, although a bit late perhaps. But I would like to find a book, a
> tutorial, anything that can teach this old geezer to use a new toy which
> apparently could improve my productivity.
>
> Any advice / comments from people who may or may not have been through the
> same process would be most welcome.
>
> Thanks
>
> TB
>
>
>
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