Learning ASP.NET

cotton31

cotton31

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Hi All,

I'm looking to learn ASP.NET. I'm doing a lot of SQL Server stuff in my job and come across lots of occasions where I wish I could 'knock an app up' to accomplish a task.

I've never used ASP.NET before, but I'm fine with HTML & CSS, and have dabbled with Javascript and PHP.

So, what's the best way to go about learning? I know people recommend coming up with an idea for something and then trying to do it, but I always struggle with where to start!

I've found in the past that I learn best by following tutorials to make basic apps which use all the relevant principals etc, and then applying this to my own ideas.

So I guess what I'm really asking is can you recommend any good tutorials to get me up and running?

Thanks!
 
I would start with looking at C#, do you know OOP at all? That would be useful, you want to download visual studio web developer version (I think its called that)... If you need any help add me on msn :)

Stelly
 
I don't do a lot of web stuff these days, and it's been a long time since I've looked at ASP.NET, but ASP.NET MVC seems to be what all the cool kids are doing these days.

Maybe have a look at that to get you going? Lots of tutorials and guidelines here:
http://www.asp.net/mvc
 
^ Completely agree with the above. Get yourself a good grounding in OOP by following some tutorials, then run through the Nerd Dinner MVC tutorial.

Web forms ASP.Net is now outdated.
 
Have a read of this SO thread which gives the pros of each framework. IMO MVC pros far outweigh any advantage of WebForms, plus you don't have to deal with ViewState anymore! Unless you really want to, of course.
 
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