Deb, You have decided to become your own hero. Bravo!! If I may, I'd like to lend some more advise to you: Consider picking up the book "Code Complete" by Steve McConnell, ISBN 1-55615-484-4 It has nothing to do with ASP but it will provide you with a broader picture of what you are trying to accomplish: learning to program. When you read the book, don't study it. Just read it like you would a novel or the newspaper. Don't worry if you don't understand the words or the concepts that are being described. Just read it to get used to the terminology and to pick up a few things. Then, go back and read it more intently until you understand the concepts. If you dive right in, head over heels, and try to cram everything into your head, you will become frusterated and overwelmed. You have chosen a path that many wouldn't choose, don't side track yourself by climbing the mountain before learning how to walk. Make sure to stay active in the mailing lists and newsgroups (news.microsoft.com is a good place for MS products). You will need the interaction to keep you sharp and to continue your learning. Working from home is a great thing if you can get it, however you will miss some interactions with colleagues that are valuable to the learning process. After you make it through the basics of HTML (You still need this to format the output of your ASP) and ASP (basic structures, forms processing, etc) you will need to start learning about databases. Few ASP pages are not connected to a database of some type. After databases, you should be well on your way to understanding ASP very well. You may want to start exploring DHTML which will probably take you into JavaScript to make your web sites more dynamic and functional. I imagine if you have started to dabble with .Net by this point, you will want to. One more note outside of programming: Try not to put yourself in the mind frame of being the "lab rat", scientist, stuck away somewhere. Remember that you are making ASP for people. People have to use what you create. Other people may have to support what you create. You can not program in a vacuum and be succesful. Visit other web sites and make notes, mental or otherwise, about what you like and don't like. Try to figure out how you would code the stuff you like and how you can avoid the stuff you don't. I wish you the best of luck in your endeavor. Regards, Shawn
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