[thelist] Staring in ASP.NET

[Thompson, Daniel]

> I am making the switch to .NET. I am not a techy so I need 
> simple-from-square-one types of tutoring. Can anyone 
> recommend books for ASP.NET for a web designer with a little 
> knowledge of ASP? What do I need to learn first? VB.NET or 
> ASP.NET or XML or all of these? What should my approach be?


Sadly, I can not give you good tidings.

I am also making the switch to ASP.NET, and it's not particularly fun. I
realize that my level of expectations may be higher than most.

For one:

VS.NET writes non-standard garbage. I do not use this tool. My
understanding of this tool is that learning it is like learning
Dreamweaver... You may be able to get the job done, but you have no idea
why. Code by hand. Create bat files to compile your code.

I would recommend using C#. If you've had any experience with
JavaScript, the syntax will be familiar. VB is it's own animal, and
doesn't apply to much else outside the world of VB. In addition, most
examples on the web are in C#.

With that said, I read Learning C#, by Jesse Liberty (O'Reilly), and
found it to be a great introduction to C#. He also wrote a Programming
ASP.NET, which I have not read, but would like to get. I also bought
ASP.NET programming w/ Visual C# .NET Step by Step. I would not
recommend this text, precisely because it teaches you how to use an IDE
as a WYSIWIG. Not a long-term success strategy.

I have not found good resources on the web. There don't seem to be any
good ASP.NET discussion lists that I know of. The Code Project
(http://www.codeproject.com has some good code, and C# corner
(http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/) is also good.

Good luck.


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