Re: ASP.NET
From: Linda W. (lindawal28_at_aol.com)
Date: 02/07/04
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Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 10:22:07 -0600
Hi Jim,
Thanks for a great overview of ASP.NET. Can you recommend a book to help me
get started with ASP then? I am starting to get questions from customers
about "interactive databases".
I have no programming background which, I guess,
makes entry difficult. I have been using FP for about 3 years and am pretty
good with it.
"Jim Cheshire" <contactme@www.jimcoaddins.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Linda,
>
> ASP.NET is a technology that allows Web site developers (and in this
sense,
> we're talking about Web programmers) to create applications that use a Web
> browser for the front-end interface. You will see many places where
ASP.NET
> is described as a technology that allows you to create Web sites that
access
> databases. That's only a very small part of the technology, and it is a
> complete misnomer to call ASP.NET a database technology. Database access
is
> only one of an almost infinite number of uses for ASP.NET.
>
> For example, on my church's Web site, we offer online access to the church
> roster. Naturally, we don't want member names and addresses available to
> the general public, so I use ASP.NET to implement a username and password
> login to the site. There is quite a bit of programming logic that is
> involved in doing that because when you log in, it also determines what
> "role" you belong in. The interface of the site changes depending upon
who
> you are. For example, if you are an Administrator, you have links that
will
> let you edit information on users, etc. All of that is done with ASP.NET.
>
> In a more generic sense, ASP.NET is simply programming code that runs on a
> Web server and is executed by a request from a user using a Web browser.
> What that ASP.NET code can do once that request is made is almost endless!
> You can build an application like eBay or Amazon, or you can build a
simple
> photo gallery for your family members.
>
> ASP.NET and FrontPage 2003 are very well integrated, but not completely
just
> yet. FrontPage 2003 recognizes ASP.NET pages (.aspx pages.) It also
> recognizes ASP.NET "server controls" which are compartmentalized controls
> that provide some specific functionality. For example, when you create a
> Database Results page in FrontPage and choose ASP.NET as your technology,
> FrontPage uses an ASP.NET DataGrid control to display the data. You can
> then control many different properties of that grid so that it displays
just
> the way you want. All of that is done with ASP.NET.
>
> ASP.NET is a huge technology, and the number of things that people are
doing
> with it is enormous! I work with ASP.NET developers every day, and I
never
> cease to be amazed at what people are doing with the technology. However,
> if you have no programming experience, diving in to the waters of ASP.NET
> might be quite a plunge! A good book on beginning ASP.NET might be a good
> investment.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> --
> Jim Cheshire
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> "Linda W." <lindawal28@aol.com> wrote in message
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> > I have just discovered ASP.NET and after spending one whole day on it,
I'm
> > trying to figure why MS offers it. I hate to sound so uninformed but
just
> > who exactly is the target audience for this: programmers, designers,
> > software developers?
> >
> > I downloaded the Web Matrix Project and have been playing with it. I
found
> > the Toolbox and some information about "Object Oriented Programming" but
> > that's all. I have heard about (but know nothing about) Visual Studio
and
> > how difficult it is to use. Ditto for The Web MAtrix Project. It won't
> even
> > fit totally on my 17" monitor (almost). I spent another hour this
morning
> at
> > the asp.net site and just wandered around aimlessly.
> >
> > Where does ASP.NET fit in with FrontPage? Can the two be combined so
that
> > one compliments the other?
> >
> > Sign me,
> >
> > Very, very confused
> >
> >
>
>
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