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Topic: .net beginner

Posted By: pro_touch
Subject: .net beginner
Date Posted: 23 May 2008 at 10:59pm

i would like to know the basic difference between asp and asp.net.

i use asp 3.0 and i would like to switch to .net but i can't understand what is asp.net, some ppl say its visual basic, some say its c# i can't understand what is the difference and where to start and what do i have to know before i start working on .net

i have installed visual studio 2008 today so please guide me what do i do now. Thank you.

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Posted By: Jono
Date Posted: 24 May 2008 at 2:39pm

asp.net is similar to asp in that you can use different languages to create web pages and perform other functions. Most people use vbScript on ASP servers, but you could use jscript, perl or viritually any other language.

ASP.NET is the next version and allows compliation (rather than interperated languages). I'm no expert in .NET, but i'm gogin to point your toward w3schools again: http://www.w3schools.com/ASPNET/default.asp - http://www.w3schools.com/ASPNET/default.asp

Hope this helps.

Posted By: pro_touch
Date Posted: 24 May 2008 at 6:56pm

thanks... i will study that site.... if any other person would like to answer ... please do reply.

Thanks again

Posted By: __n3o__
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 3:59pm

I'm an .NET nut.. Love coding in it! I went from ASP to ASP.NET a few years ago, it was a bit of a tough learning curve but definitely worth it.

You want to check out the ASP.NET website, it has LOADS of video tutorials
http://www.asp.net/learn/ -
http://www.asp.net/learn/

Also keep an eye on this site, has loads of cool posts about .NET although its not really geared towards beginners

http://www.dotnetkicks.com - http://www.dotnetkicks.com

Posted By: jamie.townsend
Date Posted: 27 May 2008 at 10:25am

Also, if you have 50 bucks lying around head over to http://learnvisualstudio.net
They have lots of really cool video tutorials that really helped me visually.

Posted By: __n3o__
Date Posted: 27 May 2008 at 10:51am

Yep that is a great selection of videos... They do some of the video tutorials on ASP.NET, and for 50 bucks to get the full selection is great value