Hi Ken, Funny you should say that. My last "look" at web development was, in fact, around 2002.
I do appreciate your reply and will take a look into ASP.NET and Expression. That should get me started in at least knowing what books to read! :-) Thank you again, Bill On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm – did this post escape from 2002? J > > > > ASP has been replaced by ASP.NET <http://asp.net/>, and Dreamweaver isn’t > a frontend but an IDE (which used to be a lot more popular than it is today) > > > > Internal vs Hosted is an entire topic in itself. If hosted, how will you > get your data backwards and forwards? If internal, what about your security > infrastructure? Your uptime? Etc. > > > > For development, if you are a Microsoft shop then Expression or Visual > Studio for your development work, and ASP.NET/.NET <http://asp.net/.NET>as a > platform (decide whether you want webforms or MVC or whatever design > pattern takes your fancy these days). Otherwise there’s probably about 1001 > OSS shop type products in the LAMP world. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* Bill Mader [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, 4 May 2011 11:51 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Web development tools/platforms? > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm new on this list having been recommended to it by a friend. > > > > I have the task of creating a web site for my small company. I've never > created one before, having been a long time PowerBuilder client/server > developer. I have no problem learning a new tool/methodology, but one thing > I was wondering if someone on the list might have experience with is what I > should start learning. Essentially, the web site will have product > browsing/searching/pricing capability, as well as ordering. Looking at about > 1,000 products. > > > > I look in bookstores and see books on many front end tools and many back > end tools. The company uses a SQL Server 2008 back end. Where should I > start? Should I think about Dreamweaver for a front end? ASP for server > interface? Are there any valid Microsoft front end tools these days? > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
