Re: ASP or ASP.NET

Hi Martin,

It's not really possible to answer your question authoritatively based on
the information you've supplied. First, what is your dissertation about? In
other words, are you studying programming, the Internet, databases, or what?
Here's the reason I ask:

First, a dissertation is not a web site. Nor is a dissertation a database.
Nor is a dissertation an application. So, I'm a bit confused from the
beginning about what exactly your requirements are, and you haven't given us
a clue as to what your course of study is in. So, we are left with
practically no information as to what the purpose of this web application
is, and what your reasons for creating it are.

What technology you employ to create your application is going to be
determined by a number of factors. What are the requirements that drive the
solution? What are the requirements for your dissertation? These are similar
questions. For example, if your dissertation requires you to be a
programmer, you would be best advised to learn programming. It is entirely
possible to create a web application with almost no programming skills. So,
if your dissertation does NOT require you to be a programmer, it would
probably be a waste of your time to learn programming. Learning programming,
and Internet programming in particular, is a daunting task, and I rather
doubt that it can be accomplished to any degree of expertise in 6 months.

If the web application is peripheral to your dissertation, it would be best
to stick with something simple. For example, you can use Micrsoft FrontPage
to design a complete web site with database connectivity in a matter of
several days to several weeks. You can get up and running with ASP in a bit
longer than that, perhaps 6 months if you work hard at it. ASP.Net will take
a lot of work and time to really get proficient at.

So, can you shed some light on exactly what this is for, what your course of
study is, etc? Or am I correct in my suspicion that all college provides is
the ability to sound intelligent by soliciting a lot of opinions and
mimicking the most popular?

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
The sun never sets on
the Kingdom of Heaven

"Placek" <Placek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:DE05B20B-E9B3-46F4-9021-419802282904@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi there
> I've posted a similar question on the ASP message board as I am keen to
> get
> as many opinions as I can.
>
> The situation is that I am a student just about to start on my
> dissertation,
> which is going to be a website that queries a database. I researched all
> the
> different methods of doing it (eg Java servlets, C) and decided on ASP. I
> bought a book and decided to install XP Pro as it has the latest IIS
> version.
>
> Then I read ASP is a dead language with the advent of ASP.NET. Is this
> true?
> Would I be flogging a dead horse spending the next six or so months
> learning
> and developing this application in ASP rather than ASP.NET?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Martin


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