Any Web Developers ?

Fr0dders · 16 Jan 2007 at 09:45

Any of you guys on here web developer's

Im currently doing 1st/2nd line support, but its EPOS support to the retail sector, so im using T-SQL and SQL server 2000 a lot. Obviously SQL databases tend to be the backend of most database driven websites which leads me onto web developers

are there positions around purely for coders, say in asp.net, SQL etc.. but not with an artistic / creative element. I'm not in the slightest bit creative

I would definitely be more of a code monkey.

Or is database developer going to be more my thing ?

Fr0dders · 16 Jan 2007 at 10:02

well i already know a fair bit of T-SQL and use Query Analyser / Enterprise manager daily

im looking to expand on that. I already know HTML & CSS. So if i were to start learning asp.net then web developer would be a relatively easy job to get into ? (providing of course my knowledge of T-SQL/ SQL Server/ asp.net etc.. was sufficient of course)

Fr0dders · 16 Jan 2007 at 12:57

leaskovski said:
Your a DB dev mate. More of a nuts and bolts person and an arty farty type.

i must admit, most of the jobs i looked at for web developer involved some creative input, hence why i asked if there were any jobs that just required coding, because in the quick scan of the IT recruitment sites i did, i couldnt find any.

Im doing 1st/2nd line support now, but i dont want to be doing that all my life. I'm only 24 and need to work towards something. As the snippet in the new will smith film says "you want something ? go get it."

Dont want to be clearing print ques and changinger user passwords for the next 40 years.

Just trying to work out where i want to work towards. Im enjoying the SQL stuff i get to do now, in fact if theres a call involving SQL stuff, im having a go myself, rather than pass it on. And im really enjoying it, so its probably going to be something with SQL like DBA/ Database Developer, but web developer would be another avenue open to me that would quite interest me if i can get the hang of programming asp.net or similar. but given that i got on quite well with HTML & CSS, i should be ok.

Fr0dders · 16 Jan 2007 at 17:22

well i know at least know the market exists

just got to get out there and learn my stuff now i guess.

Fr0dders · 21 Jan 2007 at 09:31

just to ressurect my old thread

i've since picked up a book on asp.net and within seconds of reading the book, id learnt something quite dramatic

that asp.net is only a standard for active webpages, not a language

the lanaguage itself can be vb.net c# cobalt.net etc...

reading up apparently vb.net and c# are now allmost identical in terms of functionality and only differ in syntax format

i've been looking at job adverts that ask for "asp.net" but they never specify which language. Do they assume vb.net when they ask for this ? or are they not bothered

Also, obviously asp.net has HTML content in it, i've been using visual studio express to code my stuff so far, but i learnt HTML from scratch, and had allways used notepad to code HTML.

this feels somewhat cheating as it finishes the code for you

is using visual studio "cheating" or does everybody in the industry use it ?

Fr0dders · 21 Jan 2007 at 11:02

Una said:
Go with C# its a much nicer language in the long run and if you need to turn to java/js etc.. the syntax is similar. Vb is horrible in my opinion from a programming point of view, I can see why it is used for rapid dev though.

but what exactly are employers asking for when they ask for "asp.net"

they dont mention whether they want vt.net or c#

whats more, all the "teach yourself asp.net" books seem to be teaching vb.net

i know VB used to be the smaller brother of C++ but apparently this has all changed in .net now

do employers that ask for "asp.net" not mind which language you learn, is there an industry standard and they assume you'll have learnt that ?