To add to this.. .Net also doesn't mean necessarily using web pages.
If you're developing for intranet use, consider using windows forms with click-once deployment or sandbox mode. A lot of companies go the web page route because of the cost/hassle of deploying desktop apps and keeping them up to date, or the security concerns about installing software. They also equate web pages with stateless and windows forms with stateful. Neither of these is really revelant today. With ClickOnce deployment, the software is automatically published to a web server and installed from a web page. Subsequently it will automatically check for updates. No need to do a rollout: just give the user the installation link for the first time. With sandbox deployment it gets even easier. The software is downloaded automatically and run from the web page, but is not installed and cannot access any local system resources (e.g. file system) making it safe. I've used ClickOnce successfully, in particular for a site that was geographically dispersed and had frequent updates. It works well. OF course, now you also have Silverlight to add to the potential mix. So don't automatically think web when you think of .Net. The advantage of .Net is that you can use it for pretty much any sort of application once you have learned the language(s) and the framework. Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Symeon Breen > Sent: 17 March 2009 22:17 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [U2] IDE > > Off topic, but in reply - I develop all my web pages (asp.net > and others) using firefox as the browser - i then tweak the > stylesheets to cater for the bugs in ie6. Ie7 and 8 are much better. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jacques G. > Sent: 17 March 2009 21:24 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [U2] IDE > > Using .NET doesn't mean you're stuck with IE. The webpages > which make use of dot.net services can be any webserver. > You'd just have to develop with your customer's browser to > make sure it displays correctly. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "Brutzman, Bill" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:35:04 PM > Subject: RE: [U2] IDE > > Here is another design angle... > > Although we use MS Exchange and Outlook, Excel, and Word, my > boss eschews Microsoft IE. As I am not looking to talk > myself out of my job, I am not looking to force .net on him. > > --Bill > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
