I've been looking into dot net a little more and I've found it is much easier than it used to be. Things that took a lot of code to connect now hook up with a few clicks. I'm also toying with php and perl, but just out of curiosity. I'm starting to see some of the Fox team's influence in dot not. Version 1.0 was not a pretty site. Here is a link to some free videos that walk you through developing in dot net 2.0 and beyond:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/beginner/learningpath/ John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Abbott Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 8:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] -- Wanted: Dead or Live Rick Strahl just recently blogged on the same subject: "Recently I've once again have felt incredibly overwhelmed by all the new stuff that's arrived since .NET 3.0 got released and trying to put it into perspective of building real usable applications. And getting up to speed on the various technologies. The benefits of most of the .NET 3.0 stuff is immediately obvious, but getting proficient in the 4 pillars isn't exactly a piece of cake. More specifically where to put my energy and focus? There's so much new stuff to learn and piece together. So much stuff - much of it half baked - and more arriving all the time." If someone like him feels the pain, what hope for the rest of us? After quite a while spent on the fence I've decided against pursuing .Net - the whole thing is such a behometh that you have to either buy into it totally (and take whatever MS throws at you) or walk the other way ... Ed Leafe wrote: > I hate to feel like a vulture swooping down on a fresh carcass, but > whether you go with Dabo or REALBasic or Java or <fill in the blank > with your x-plat tool>, I can't recommend strongly enough that you > get away from this system of churning development tools to force > everyone to buy the latest and greatest or get left behind as some > dinosaur. > -- Cheers ============ Brian Abbott ============ [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
