Tom, There are several very good books available to get you started. ASP.NET Website Programming by Marco Bellinaso and Kevin Hoffman is a good book covering the basics of the framework. Iit assumes you know a fair deal of c# and starts with building a foundation for further use throughout the book, and then covering 3 tier development, io operations by building a file manager, database operations by building a portal, basic security foundations for .NET, and in the end you will have build a complete portal with user management, forums, a blog, and file management. It also addresses aspects like caching techniques, webservices, xslt etc. A good start for the newcomer. The most difficult part I experienced in the learning process was to figure out, if what I wanted to do was already available in the .NET framework. There is just so much to find out, but it is real fun and development speed is very high. Micha
________________________________ From: Tom McNeer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 8/19/2005 5:21 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: .NET suggestions To Kevin and Matthew -- Thanks for the references. To others, particularly Matt, since he's the one who raised the real issue -- I'm well aware of BD .NET and its advantages. I've had lunch with Charlie Arehart and Brian O'Reilly. (And for that matter, Brian called me a few minutes ago because of this post). But while I wouldn't characterize the situation exactly as Matt did, it does seem (at the moment) as if the determination is that the CF code base will be replaced. I intend to discuss Blue Dragon as an option with this client. But my current guess is that he will choose to rewrite the applications to eliminate the CFML. If that's the final decision, then we will need to be writing C#, I guess. And if we get to that point -- does anyone else have any other suggestions for the best books/courses/online resources? -- Thanks, Tom Tom McNeer MediumCool http://www.mediumcool.com 530 Means St NW, Suite 110 Atlanta, GA 30318 404.589.0560 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:215835 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
