Re: Benefits of ASP.NET

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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:54:32 -0400

Thanks again, Scott M.

"Scott M." <s-mar@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> > - If you had to give one overwhelming reason why ASP.NET is the best
> > server-side technology, what would it be?
>
> Here are 3:
> Choice of development language (C#, J#, VB .NET and more being added)
> Very rich development environment (Visual Studio .NET) that gives a
powerful
> interface with IntelliSense and debugging (try that in NotePad!)
> Can co-exist side-by-side with "Classic ASP"
>
>
> > - How difficult/easy is it for someone who programmed in
ASP/VBScript
> to
> > move to ASP.NET/VB.NET?
>
> The easiest way to make the transition to ASP .NET and VB .NET from
> "Classic ASP" & VB 6.0 is to NOT try to COMPARE them. That is where you
> will get into trouble. ASP .NET is nothing like "Classic ASP" and while
> some features of the VB .NET language look similar to VB 6.0, VB .NET is a
> completely re-vamped language that runs on a totally different engine.
> Sure, some things haven't changed, you still write "IF - THEN" and Looping
> statements as you did in VB 6.0, but how they operate under the hood is
> somewhat different now. You should expect that learning VB .NET and ASP
> .NET will not be a small learning curve.
>
> > - Is there a Flash/PowerPoint presentation anywhere that quickly and
> > concisely presents the benefits of ASP.NET? This would come in handy in
a
> > group presentation.
>
> I'm sure there is but I don't know of one.
>
> > Thanks again for the invaluable info :-)
>
>
> Your welcome! Good luck!
>
>
> >
> > "Scott M." <s-mar@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> > news:eKjtEfnUEHA.2988@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > >
> > > "AFN" <DELETEnewsgroupCAPSaccount@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > > news:L2szc.1564$fd.1379@twister.socal.rr.com...
> > > > Definitely do the transition. there is only 1 downside: it is
easier
> > to
> > > > have a graphics person design HTML and quickly integrate it into the
> ASP
> > > > page than it is with ASPX pages because of the simplicity of ASP
> pages.
> > >
> > > IMHO labels are liberating! No more sticking response.write
statements
> > > everywhere. Just drop a label where you need it and write the code in
> the
> > > code-behind to populate it.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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