Learning Path

[Destinova]

I have a pretty solid understanding of html, but that's about it.

If I were interested in learning SQL, ASP, and .NET where should I start? I suspect a background in VB and VB Script would help?

 

[brentman]

www.asp.net has a great library of online documentation to get you started. I learned asp.net 1.1 by grabbing ASP.NET Unleashed by Stephen Walther. Great book. I guess it depends on if you wish to learn .NET 1.1 or start with the new 2.0 framework. There should be a newer book by Walther dealing with 2.0 by now. Also Programming ASP.NET 2.0 Core Reference by Dino Esposito is a reasonable starting point.

I would recommend using Visual Studio 2005 or the free Visual Web Developer if you plan on going the 2.0 route. I did all of my 1.1 coding in a free program called WebMatrix, written by the asp.net team. So it really depends on what you are looking to get in to. I hope that helps point you in the right direction.

- brentman

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: Destinova
I have a pretty solid understanding of html, but that's about it.

If I were interested in learning SQL, ASP, and .NET where should I start? I suspect a background in VB and VB Script would help?

Are you just looking to build more complex web pages with a database behind them? Or is there something else you want to accomplish? Knowing what you want to do will help us give you better advice.

 

[Destinova]

Originally posted by: DT4K

Are you just looking to build more complex web pages with a database behind them? Or is there something else you want to accomplish? Knowing what you want to do will help us give you better advice.

It's for a job, and mainly for web application development, and database design.

 

[DT4K]

In that case, it depends on the job. If you'll need to work with old ASP applications, then you'll either need to learn VBScript, Javascript, or both. But if you want to be able to do new development with .Net, there's no point in spending time on VB6 or VBScript.

As far as where to start, it really doesn't matter. If you are interested in web development, I'd just start with a good ASP.Net book. That way you'll be learning about the .Net environment, web forms in general, and the VB.Net or C# language, all at the same time. At the same time, learning database development will also be crucial in the vast majority of development jobs.

 

[Destinova]

There was some requirement for both classic ASP as well as ASP.NET.