What program would you reccommend to develop aspx.net pages? I have been using dreamweaver but i am a little annoyed that there is no Intellisense.
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What program would you reccommend to develop aspx.net pages? I have been using dreamweaver but i am a little annoyed that there is no Intellisense.
MS Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition.
Visual Studio 2003/2005
Dreamweaver is something to avoid like the plague AND SARS when it comes to ASP.NET development.
How do i do it with Visual Studio...i don't see an option for creating ASP pages.Quote:
Originally Posted by mendhak
And on a side note...what is it with Dreamweaver? I too had the same feeling about it when i started using it but a teacher of mind talked me out of it and convinced me basically thats its the best thing since sliced bread. I always used to use GoLive and only recently switched over? What WYSIWYG web development application do you use?
Personally I hand code my pages.
I find it gives me greater flexibility and control.
Although I do use DW for designing complicated table layouts and then copy that in to my html code. It saves a lot of time.
Create a new web project. ASP.NET applications run as web projects.Quote:
Originally Posted by brendan6
The reason your teacher recommended Dreamweaver is because DW is great it comes to designing the actual pages, creating styles and layouts. Visual Studio does not have a very good designer. It's quite basic. However, when one becomes experienced with web design, they tend to start doing a lot of the design by hand, which gives them a greater deal of control over the layout.
As a result, DW is something that would be suited to amateurs in ASP.NET web development. So your teacher is correct in his or her own limited view of the world of .NET development. But in the overall sense, your teacher is an amateur and is wrong.
I personally use notepad but you don't have to jump straight to notepad and start hacking your way there. I would recommend:
Design page layout in Dreamweaver.
Once CSS and HTML are created, create a new Web Project in Visual Studio and paste the CSS + HTML into your pages there. Then start modifying and using ASP.NET controls.
Later, when you are more serious about web development, ditch DW and use Visual Studio or notepad to create your pages.
Web projects does not appear on my "Create New" page. Only:
- Windows Application
- Class Library
- Console Application
- Windows Control Library
- Web Control Library
- Windows Service
- Empty Project
- Crystal Reports Application
File->new website.
However, I do have web sites on my menu. What ver of studio are you using?
expression and share point designer both support asp dev as well.
If you are running the Express version then you also need to download and run Visual Web Developer as mentioned by mendhak.
If you are running Visual Studio Standard, Pro, or above then you should see the option to either create or open a web project on the VS start page. If not then you may not have installed the ASP.NET web apps application. Just rerun the VS.NET installation and select the ASP.NET feature.
File > New Website works! Thanks!
Good luck. Let us know of your progress. Don't trouble your teacher by defying him/her though. They don't take kindly to it. :)
Hahah...i wont defy you guys then, ill stick with visual studio :P