[RESOLVED] Possible smart ways to develop a web-project with MSSQL: Visual Studio + what else?

[farmer]

Hello. Sorry for this question, I'm a beginner.
I would like to develop small web-site with MSSQL database connected.
I have Visual Studio, I use VB.NET to write algorythm for work with data.

What else do I need to develop site with pictures, editboxes, buttons, radiobuttons etc? How do people do that? Develop it using Visual Studio and VB.NET for example? Or, they use Adobe Dreamweaver to develop beautiful site?

Who can clearly explain me?

I would prefer to exclude studying php language. is it possible to make an easy website using Visual Studio and VB.Net language only?

I know a little bit hot to connect to MSSQL server and studyin VB.Net.

Thank you for your help guys.

Truly yours,
Farmer.

[Nightwalker83]

I have not created a site using Visual Studios! However, I would think it deals with more of the server-side code and technologies rather than the client-sides ones. I reckon if you want to design a good site ou would need to use an application such as Dream Weaver because you can visually see what you are designing whereas as with Visual Studios as far as I know you only see the code until the site is published.

[JuggaloBrotha]

I have not created a site using Visual Studios! However, I would think it deals with more of the server-side code and technologies rather than the client-sides ones. I reckon if you want to design a good site ou would need to use an application such as Dream Weaver because you can visually see what you are designing whereas as with Visual Studios as far as I know you only see the code until the site is published.

You really should develop a site in VS, if anything just so you know what it's like.

VS 2003+ has an awesome aspx visual editor, which lets you drag and drop buttons, labels, any aspx control onto the page either in graphic view or the aspx code (not the server code, the actual aspx html tags code). Even if you're looking at the aspx code you can still drag and drop controls right into it and it'll place that control's aspx tag and everything for you.

The visual designer even loads the master page temple when rendering a specific page that inherits a master page. IMHO it's much better than what DreamWeaver CS3 offers, I haven't used DreamWeaver CS4 yet as I only use DreamWeaver to develop PHP pages so I rarely have a need to use it.

[Nightwalker83]

You really should develop a site in VS, if anything just so you know what it's like.

VS 2003+ has an awesome aspx visual editor, which lets you drag and drop buttons, labels, any aspx control onto the page either in graphic view or the aspx code (not the server code, the actual aspx html tags code). Even if you're looking at the aspx code you can still drag and drop controls right into it and it'll place that control's aspx tag and everything for you.

Hopefully, I will get the chance too when I create my major projects for my programming course over the next few years. I have no prior experience with Visual Studios and as you said VS can be used to create websites/applications too which, they don't teach in the web design/developer course.