Re: good applicating for developing aspx.net pages
Originally Posted by mendhak
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.
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?
Re: good applicating for developing aspx.net pages
Originally Posted by brendan6
How do i do it with Visual Studio...i don't see an option for creating ASP pages.
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?
Create a new web project. ASP.NET applications run as web projects.
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.
Re: good applicating for developing aspx.net pages
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.
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Originally Posted by mendhak
