Re: .Net development

From: Philip Germanos (PhilipGermanos_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/11/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 03:51:04 -0800

Hi Denny.
Thank you for your reply.
I have another question concerning your answer, my application wont be a web
application accessed via the pocket pc's browser, it will be a sofware app
downloaded to the device and that runs as a stand alone app with its own
database and at the same time it could connect to a server for data retreival
and update. So why do i need ASP.net?
I thought ASP.net is used as a server side for client web applications that
dynamically changes, or my app isnt a web application, but at the same time,
it needs to connect to a server, so can you clarify the subject for me?
I am new to multi-tier architecture programming and to .Net especially, so
thank you for your concern.

"Denny Britz" wrote:

> Hi Philip,
> the biggest difference between C# and VB.NET ist their Syntax.
> Both of them use the .NET Framework, so it makes no difference
> if you use C# or VB.NET, even if there are some small things
> in C# that you can't do with VB.NET and the other way round.
>
> If you have to store your connection string (+ db password)
> on the client application I would recommend a three-tier architecture.
> The middle-tier then (e.g. a web-service) handles all incoming
> db-requests and passes the data to the client.
>
> If you use a Web-Service as yor middle-tier you need ASP.NET
> and as a IDE I would recommend Visual Studio .NET.
>
> But there are also some free IDE's like #Devlop or WebMatrix.
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hello.
> > I have a project which consists of developing an application for pocket pc's.
> > Briefly the client application which is a medical application for
> > pharmacists will have to access a database server for data retreival.
> > Its the first time i am getting in touch with .Net development, so what's
> > the difference between C# and Visual Basic.Net and which one of them should i
> > use?
> > And by the way, which way is better, a two tier architecture with a client
> > application on the pocket pc's accessing the database server directly, or a
> > three tier architecture with a server application in between the client and
> > the database?
> > Do i need ASP.Net?
> > What tools do i need for the development?
> > Thank you.
> >
>

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