Posted by Sheldon Glickler on 08/29/07 02:07

"Herb Martin" <news@learnquick.com> wrote in message
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> "Sheldon Glickler" <sheldonlg@asap-consult.com> wrote in message
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>> Before I begin let me thank the many people in this group who have helped
>> me over the last few years. It has been greatly appreciated.
>>
>> For the last several years I have been coding all server code in php. I
>> love the language. However, I live in an area (in the midlle of a
>> triangle formed by Orlando, Tampa and Gainesville) that seems to have
>> companies that use .NET and asp. I have done no work in these, so I have
>> to learn them quickly so that I can get a job/contract.
>>
>> I have found a great site called www.w3schools.com, and am looking there
>> to study aspx (asp with .net). I have even installed IIS on my machine
>> so that I can proceed. I still use Dreamweaver as my editor/syntax
>> indicator.
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions as to the best way to proceed, great
>> tutorials other than this one, and a news group for aspx that is as good
>> as this one is for php?
>
> Keep using the groups you know and love for PHP but also consider
> subscribing to the usenet groups on .Net and ASP etc but also (probably
> better) the freely available Microsoft newsgroups.
>
> Microsoft has a newsgroup on practically ever one of their products and
> dozens on each major subsystem for the large products like Windows Server
> (AD, DNS, Routing, etc are all separate newsgroups) or even for Exchange
> and SQL server.
>
> You will find not only general groups on IIS but also specific groups on
> ASP
> and .Net programming, security, etc.
>
> nttp://msnews.microsoft.com
>
> (No password, no user name required to read OR post.)
>
> You can of course use Google Groups to search the archives of this as
> well.
>
> On the Microsoft groups you will notice that some people have the "title"
> MVP (Most Valued Professional) and while this doesn't guarantee correct
> answers is DOES mean that the person has answered a LOT of questions and
> that others have generally found those answers to be useful and
> respectful.
>
> These groups are (slightly) moderated to remove offensive language or
> spam posts (but not criticisms of MS or it's stuff if they are on topic)
> so they
> are not very noise like some usenet groups.
>
> The general tone is also very much HELPFUL when someone asks a dumb
> or FAQ question; generally you will get a suggestion on how to find the
> answer
> yourself NEXT TIME and the actual answer -- all done politely and with
> respect for "noobies" and newcomers.
>
> The answers tend to be excellent in most of these groups and are perhaps
> the
> single best "unknown" resource for managing, learning, and developing
> on Microsoft system.s
>

I searched the news groups and didn't find what I want, but I didn't try the
microsoft groups. I will. So far I have downloaded the free web designer
express beta (and also the VB and C#). I started playing with it and it
seems that my php knowledge will be helpful in understanding. It doesn't
look all that hard and it has some nice controls (such as the grid control
for database results and a calendar control.

The big problems I have come across so far are that I cannot see how to
connect to a MySQL database (I need SQLServer or Oracle of even Access) and
my server doesn't seem to understand the aspx controls. This last one I
should be able to resolve by a call the GoDaddy.

Thanks for the suggestions.

--
Shelly

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