ASP DEvelopment in .NET
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I have been wokring with a quotation system in Excel for over 12months now but its getting a bit of a problem with some of the staff.
I am looking to develop a web app to be a quotation system for the company which will be avaliable over the Intranet and possibly to other contract workers via VPN.
Ive got Visual Studio .net and worked with some stuff in C# and VB for another project but i am unsure of how to start/setup the development environment to start the web app. Ive looked through the help files but still coming up blank.
I have got the next month off from doing any major contract work so i can get a great deal of the work done over the coming weeks
Any pointers please
I am looking to develop a web app to be a quotation system for the company which will be avaliable over the Intranet and possibly to other contract workers via VPN.
Ive got Visual Studio .net and worked with some stuff in C# and VB for another project but i am unsure of how to start/setup the development environment to start the web app. Ive looked through the help files but still coming up blank.
I have got the next month off from doing any major contract work so i can get a great deal of the work done over the coming weeks
Any pointers please
File, New Project, Visual Whatyouwant, ASP.NET Web Application, and a *huge* manual.
Do you have any experience in ASP prior? The Structure and method of development is much the same...
Oh. If you get stuck and there is a budget my firm would happily build you an ASP/SQLServer2000 based app - we sometimes do both bespoke developments - although usually based around our product software. Just a thought - although we aren't cheap so we may be overkill...
Do you have any experience in ASP prior? The Structure and method of development is much the same...
Oh. If you get stuck and there is a budget my firm would happily build you an ASP/SQLServer2000 based app - we sometimes do both bespoke developments - although usually based around our product software. Just a thought - although we aren't cheap so we may be overkill...
.NET web apps are heavily integrated with your IIS setup, it's very flakey and involves setting up websites in IIS and repointing then through your hosts file to your local machine.
As everybody else has said, get a manual
Usually I would recommend something like this
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861007922/qid=1076662871/sr=1-10/ref=sr_1_10_10/026-3035103-8448423
but I think one of the authors is a bit dodgy
As everybody else has said, get a manual
Usually I would recommend something like this
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861007922/qid=1076662871/sr=1-10/ref=sr_1_10_10/026-3035103-8448423
but I think one of the authors is a bit dodgy
err... guys. You're answering questions that were not asked 
It always amuses when people ask specific questions on various techinical gubbins and get responses ranging from "outsource it for only a million quid" to "don't bother doing it at all"
There are probably a fair number of very good reasons why stevieb wants to do the work this way. Re-architecturing his whole solution on the back of a paragraph of detail is probably less than useful
It always amuses when people ask specific questions on various techinical gubbins and get responses ranging from "outsource it for only a million quid" to "don't bother doing it at all"
There are probably a fair number of very good reasons why stevieb wants to do the work this way. Re-architecturing his whole solution on the back of a paragraph of detail is probably less than useful
Steve,
The following on MSDN should get you started: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vsintro7/html/vcwlkWalkthroughWebForms.asp?frame=true
Hit the 'sync-toc' button if it doesn't sync with the table of contents properly.
You'll need to either install IIS on your workstation (reccomended way for VS.NET) or point to a seperate IIS server when you create a project. Working locally is easier and faster so stick with that if you can.
Drop me a line if you get stuck.
The following on MSDN should get you started: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vsintro7/html/vcwlkWalkthroughWebForms.asp?frame=true
Hit the 'sync-toc' button if it doesn't sync with the table of contents properly.
You'll need to either install IIS on your workstation (reccomended way for VS.NET) or point to a seperate IIS server when you create a project. Working locally is easier and faster so stick with that if you can.
Drop me a line if you get stuck.
Cheers for the Help so far
I have got some experience in ASP and used Visual Studio 6 prior to this but, i have not developed a Web App before.
If i need to install IIS (bugger) the worksations at the moment are XP home as they are hired, but i am waiting for a my new workstations to be delivered from Dell these have XP Pro on and hence IIS6
Can i download IIS6 to install on XP home??
Steve
Otherwise i have a apache webserver with ASP, PHP, MySQL addins
I have got some experience in ASP and used Visual Studio 6 prior to this but, i have not developed a Web App before.
If i need to install IIS (bugger) the worksations at the moment are XP home as they are hired, but i am waiting for a my new workstations to be delivered from Dell these have XP Pro on and hence IIS6
Can i download IIS6 to install on XP home??
Steve
Otherwise i have a apache webserver with ASP, PHP, MySQL addins
Web Matrix (www.asp.net/webmatrix/default.aspx?tabIndex=4&tabId=46) is a free dev environment for ASP.NET that has a built in web server. You could get started with that until you have an XPPro workstation to run VS.NET?
stevieb said:
Don & Davidd
Unfortunatley i can not out source this as i have just spent a lot on IT and software refer to my other thread regarding servers and SBS 2003
Cheers anyway
Steve
Steve
No worries, if you get stuck with anything in particular drop me a line I'll ask the clever people here
Good luck
D.
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