Visual Basic .NET and web design??!!??

[B2E]

O.K. i looked at microsofts web site on vb.net and they say that vb.net will make any vb programmer into a web designer as well. Well just so happens i am the owner and opperator of www.buy2easy.com and i do all the designing and stuff my self pluss i like to fool around with vb, so i was woundering just how powerful this vb.net is because i have been wanting to create an auction site out of www.buy2easy.com and i was woundering just what vb.net wound be able to contribute to my efforts will i be a good tool for me to use and if so just how hard would it be to create a web site entirely with vb.net

Thanks for any input on my question.

Oh! and one more thing when i get the www.buy2easy.com auction site set up it is going to be totaly free to use for ever no fees or charges to sell your stuff because after all it is your stuff you should not have to pay to sell it you know what i mean? I think you do. Well just had to let you guys know! So i will let you all know about the progress on the auction and you can sell your junk for free! weel c-ya.

[Redth]

nice plug for your site

[Scott Penner]

Gee I should try that site out

[B2E]

yea just let me get it fixed and running and you can try it out all you want but as for now the auction is not running yet but i am going set it up so people can go ahead and register to buy and bid oh yea and there is going to be some kid of drawing for the first 1000 who sign up i do not know if i am going to have one big prize like a car or something or just have a bunch of little prizes i will let the people decide!! cause it is for the people


but back to the subject is the new vb .net a good tool for web design and would it help with the www.buy2easy.com auction site???


you like that plug...ha...ha...ha well get back with me and let me know just how good vb .net is supposed to be

c-ya form
www.buy2easy.com <-------yet anouther plug will they ever end =) ....ha

[Cander]

lets just put it this way

In old ASP you had only limited crappy VBSCript for your pge logic..now with ASP .NET you have full blown VB .NET or any other .NET language to write your logic with..

It is also easier to seperate logic from your presentation(html)
meaning you can avoid the <% %> inline ASP tags more often.

for more info you really need to look at these sites


http://www.asp.net
http://www.gotdotnet.com

[B2E]

Oh did not catch that.... =) .....got it now but anyway when i get it up and running you should try it out and let me know if there are any problems with it or ways that i could improve it......cause we all know the people who post in this forum are the smartest individuals on the subject ...(not sarcasim)......just buttering you guys up.....ha..ha..ha. well if anyone gets the low down on just how much vb .net can help me let me know...... I ordered the thing online a week ago and it still has not come in...... so i have yet to try it out for myself.

C-ya you bunch of smart programmers <-----------still buttering you up!

[B2E]

hey you guys i was just wondering if anyone knew of any good websites that have been developed using vb .net so that i can get an idea of what it can do for me

[Scott Penner]

GotDotNet

There's more, but's the only one I can think of right now...

[B2E]

thanks for that web site but was it designed by vb .net or is it just a site about vb .net??? If anyone knows of some good sites that were designed by vb .net then just let me know thanks a ton guys!!!



thanks from www.buy2easy.com

[Cander]

Gotdotnet was written with ASP .NET..but it probably uses C# as the background logic code..It would do the same if using VB .NET for the background logic though as they both virtually are the same language except for syntax difference and some other little bits and pieces C# has that VB .NET doesnt...

[B2E]

thanks for that info dude! You have been a great help! But do you know or would you or anyone else have a clue of how demanding it would be to create an auction site!

thanks agian from www.buy2easy.com

[Cander]

demanding? Well if you know what you are doing it should not be too difficlut. I guess the best plce you should go is http://www.asp.net/default.aspx?tabindex=3&tabid=42


you can get the full source in VB .NET and C# for ibuyspy. It is a fake e-commerce site written in ASP .NET they used for an example of building powerful sites. This may be your best starting point for ideas for a auction site.

[B2E]

thanks for all your help cander you have been a great help i was just woundering if when i get the site up and running if you would give it a run throught to see if there are any problems with it or if you know of anyone who would do this could you let me know.


Thanks agian from www.buy2easy.com

[B2E]

i was just woundering if asp .net comes with vb .net or if it only comes with vs .net thanks just woundering!

[Cander]

Well VS .NET comes with a visual editor for asp .net pages, but you can just install the framework sdk and use notepad for the asp .net and the Vb.net background loginc. You do not have to have the IDE.

I cannot be sure if VB .NET IDE comes with a webform editor(asp.net)

[Cander]

time permitting I will test your site for you.

[B2E]

thanks agian for your help. Do you know if the new vb .net comes so that i can use winsock because i want to make the auctions downloadable and make it kinda like napster p2p you know what i mean were you can do it from your computer without having to be on the net and then when a internet connection is detected it will automatically update itself i thought that would be a neat idea but that all will come along latter on.

[Cander]

you would not use the winsock control. You can, but it causes lots of overhead in .NET. You need to use the System.Net.Sockets classes. I am not going to say more on this as there are mulltiple posts on this page alone about that topic.

[B2E]

i finally got vb .net it took it about 2 weeks to get here.

But anyway the new vb .net standard comes with vs .net standard and i was woundering cause you guys said i needed to use asp .net to program my auction site for www.buy2easy.com well anyway this is what i wanted to ask. Do you know of a good book that would teach me everything that i needed to know about asp .net so that i can write *.asp pages and stuff like that. If you guys have any suggestions just let me know. oh yeah and untill i get whatever book you guys suggest could you point me to a site that could show me some of the basics. thanks agian from buy2easy.com

[Cander]

We ll I havent picked up any ASP .NET books so i couldnt suggest one, but study the quickstart tutorials here..they will get you started

http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/quickstart/aspplus/