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I still write everyting using VB6 for desktop applications and classic ASP & SQL2000 for the intranet. Looked at later versions of VB and ASP.Net, but saw no real gains for the investment in time it would take to convert. Am I alone?
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Not alone, but I (and probably many others) would urge you to rethink. If you've got a massive app that is simply impractical to port then stay where you are, but the productivity and performance gains as well as ease of development and maintanence may very well make up any lost dev time.
Plus, everything new is ASP.NET. Less and less work is being done in ASP 3.0 so articles, components, cool stuff like Atlas etc won't be available to you.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Yeah its a bit big to convert the whole intranet system over to .NET, there are over 900 individual ASP pages alone, about 3 years worth of programming, and 40 users online at one time.
The other problem is half the user PC's are close to 10 years old, running IE6 is a bit enough drain on resources, let alone including the .net framework. Luckily its a controlled environment, so I can stick to IE and use a lot of client side VB script for form validation, etc
But I will look into this .net stuff, need a new challenge.
Glenn
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If it's a web app, you don't need the .NET Framework on the client's PC. The webserver uses the .NET Framework to render your page and deliver it to the client's web browser. Think of the .NET Framework as the replacement for the horrible VBScript engine.
Also, ASP and ASP.NET apps will co-exist peacefully on the same webserver. This would allow you to convert/replace existing apps as you have time, plus do all new development using ASP.NET.
I really so urge you to learn ASP.NET and really convert your skills to C#. VB.NET is a radically new language compared to VBScript. You are going to have to relearn it anyway. May as well start using the language that the brain-trust in Redmond prefers. I have also found that there are more online examples written in C# than in VB.NET as well.
Anyway, that is my 2 cents. Good luck!
-- Spiff
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Spiffdog Design
It's ok.. he's no ordinary dog...
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For the last one I had to choose Sky Writing as a joke but I'd like to have answered "Community, blogs, forums, online magazines etc."
regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland
FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Couldn't help myself either!
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What you mean I won't see a plane flying over my building later today?
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i wanted to say "i saw Bob using it", or the more helpful "it is recommended in the lounge, or by someone who knows what they are talking about"
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness
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Seconded. Those are by far and away the biggest way I fidn out about things. So much so it dwarfs the others.
- Phil
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I agree. I'll usually take a look at a new product based on word-of-mouth or blog/online community recommendations.
I picked Sky Writing because, out of that list, that would probably be the most effective way of getting my attention. Banner Advertising and Newsletter and Magazine ads get ignored by habit. Direct Email and Snail Mail hit the recycle bin by reflex and if I see a blatent "product placement in a movie", I am usually more annoyed than anything.
-- Spiff
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Spiffdog Design
It's ok.. he's no ordinary dog...
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What should be my answer for question 11 ?
All the label says is that this stuff contains chemicals "... known to the State of California to cause cancer in rats and low-income test subjects." Roger Wright http://www.codeproject.com/lounge.asp?select=965687&exp=5&fr=1#xx965687xx
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I haven't been around here in ages, but it's good to see somethings never change... the CListCtrl joke is still going strong...
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
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say what ?
Do you know why it's important to make fast decisions? Because you give yourself more time to correct your mistakes, when you find out that you made the wrong one. Chris Meech on deciding whether to go to his daughters graduation or a Neil Young concert
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