[thelist] .NET: general questions.

darren darren at web-bitch.co.uk
Thu Jul 18 13:31:01 CDT 2002


On Thursday, July 18, 2002 at 18:50, Chris W. Parker wrote:

CWP> 2. Copy and paste the code below.
CWP> 3. you're done!!

isn't that how all applications are written?!? :>

CWP> 1. are any third-party programs needed to develop .NET applications?

you the .net framework and an editor.  notepad works fine.  visual
studio.net is excellent if you have access to it, otherwise ms have
release a free alternative called webmatrix
(http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/default.aspx), which looks rather good.

CWP> 2. right now i use VBScript to write ASP pages when making a web
CWP> application (if you can call them applications). how does the
CWP> terminology go with .NET?

i guess they're applications.  the terminology stays the same.

CWP> do you write .NET pages?

yup.  depending on your preference you can have the code and html in
one page (ala asp today) or use a separate 'code behind' page that
just has your code and a page that has you html code.

CWP> can you still you VBScript?

not vbscript, but vb.net.  it's now a full object-orientated
programming language.  even has error handling! ;>

CWP> do you HAVE to use VBScript?

nope.  you can use c# (c sharp), j#, perl.net, cobol.net and any other
language there's a .net compiler for.  there's supposedly quite a few
different languages in the pipeline from various people.

CWP> 3. i've heard that C# is more like C++. is this correct(or am i making
CWP> this up)?

yep.  c# is based on c.  the syntax is pretty similar, case sensitive
etc.

CWP>  if so, is a third party program required to compile the code?

you get the c# and the vb.net compilers with the framework.  the j#
compiler is available from ms (not sure where, i get it from msdn).  i
would guess that for the alternative languages you'd just need to
track down the compiler.

CWP> 4. is downloading the .NET framework the only thing required to start
CWP> using .NET for the web?

as long as it's the full framework (the sdk - about 130mb) and not the
redistributable (about 18mb) then you have everything you need.  i
think the framework also includes several pretty good examples.

CWP> any help (ultra-basic tutorials, instructions on getting it set up,
CWP> etc.) would be appreciated.

asp.net have loads of stuff for getting it set up including some very
nice forums.  you might also also want to have a look at
dotnetjunkies.com, aspalliance.com, 4guysfromrolla.com, learnasp.com,
csharpfreinds.com and google.com in no particular order.

if you've had any previous programming experience then i found the
wrox professional asp.net to be a damn fine book, but there is a lot
of stuff on the web.

hth.

darren.




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