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Onlyone - Mon Jul 26, 2004 1:40 am
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Unfortunately i need to learn Asp for a reason i wont go into. Furthermore, i accidently bought a book on asp.net that is in VB. Should i get a book that teaches asp.net in C or keep the VB one.

I guess the real question is... is there any benefit of learning VB or C in this cirumstance or not?

SuSE - Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:07 am
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asp is proprietary - ie, it sucks, you shouldn't use it (just use php)
if you MUST use asp, you may as well use a language that isn't proprietary so you don't waste your time - try Perl(Script?)

bottom line: if you're taking a class that REQUIRES you to do something in ASP (with the possible exception of something entitled something like "Problem solving: forced to use stuff that sucks"), you should drop the class because it is bullshit

if you're taking the class for some reason like - I don't know - a major revolving around Microsoft Windows...then, um, go ahead and learn VBScript and be a tool

D1st0rt - Mon Jul 26, 2004 10:39 am
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for ASP.Net, I use C#. I hate VB with a passion

Onlyone - Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:48 am
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Its for my ROTC outfits website. The guy that hosts all the ROTC sites will only allow asp for god knows what reason.

Is VB good for anything?

Mr Ekted - Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:29 pm
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God> *shrug*

CypherJF - Mon Jul 26, 2004 1:03 pm
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VB is good for quick development

Onlyone - Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:59 pm
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What a waste of money...

Anyone know any goods sites with asp programming tutorials in C#

SuSE - Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:11 pm
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Onlyone wrote:

Its for my ROTC outfits website. The guy that hosts all the ROTC sites will only allow asp for god knows what reason.

what? You're saying he's supporting nothing except ASP?
Get a new host

What do you need the asp for anyways?

Onlyone wrote:

Is VB good for anything?

paperweights

Onlyone - Mon Jul 26, 2004 9:24 pm
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"Get a new host"

- If i could i would but, its not that easy.

What do you need the asp for anyways?

- News, schedule, etc..

ZiGNoTZaG - Tue Jul 27, 2004 7:34 am
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CypherJF wrote:

VB is good for quick development

Its GUI/Debugger Interface Owns anything any C compiler can do. easy to debug = fast dev.

D1st0rt - Tue Jul 27, 2004 8:05 am
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C# is easy to debug, it uses the same friggin IDE. And the Borland Dev Environments are nice as shit.

There are a lot of places for c#: (Just a few, use google)
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/
http://www.csharphelp.com/
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/
http://www.csharp-station.com/
http://www.gotdotnet.com/

http://www.asp.net/ Has a lot of tutorials for asp

ZiGNoTZaG - Tue Jul 27, 2004 8:21 am
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looks interesting.

but.... isnt that designed for .NET?

CypherJF - Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:28 pm
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once again .NET is "ew".

D1st0rt - Tue Jul 27, 2004 9:03 pm
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yes, thats all .NET because that's the new stuff that's being supported widely. You can use WebMatrix to make ASP.NET sites, its free and like frontpage only with coding too. Then you can go to europe.webmatrixhosting.com and get a nice free site to test it out. Has ftp, no ads, and a SQL database

Cyan~Fire - Wed Jul 28, 2004 1:01 pm
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You don't need ASP for the news and schedule (definitely not for the news), just edit the HTML and CSS.

Onlyone - Wed Jul 28, 2004 1:51 pm
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Im working with people that dont know what html and css is. Therefore, they need a basic way to update the without editing html directing and uploading every time.

SuSE - Wed Jul 28, 2004 4:28 pm
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use a php CMS

D1st0rt - Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:47 pm
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phpnuke works. If you HAVE to use ASP.Net, you can use DotNetNuke or RainbowPortal

Argyle - Sun Aug 01, 2004 2:32 pm
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If you are learning .NET go to http://www.4guysfromrolla.com . If you want to get more advanced look at the design principles at http://www.wilsondotnet.com