 | Visual Studio 2005 is the current version,
sometimes called Visual Studio 2, or .NET 2. Microsoft's
Visual
Studio 2005 pages provide an overview of the environment.
The Visual Basic
& Visual C#
pages describe these flavors of .NET. Following the
'Reference' link at the left of either of these pages will get
you to the 'Language Reference', which is the definitive
documentation MSDN offers on-line. Learning how these
pages are organized, and how to search MDSN2, is important for
mastery of the environment. Students wanting to buy a
'text book' will finds lots on the shelves, and for purposes of
these classes titles like 'Database Programming with VB.NET' are
the best.
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| ASP.NET & VisualStudio.NET
provide a comprehensive set of objects & methods
for all aspects of web site construction from security using
'membership & roles' thru bulleted lists loaded dynamically from
a database. Check out the MSDN resources before you buy a
book:
Absolute Beginner's Guide to ASP.NET (6+ hours of video
intro);
Web Development;
Visual Basic Developer's Intro to ASP.NET. |
| For anybody still using Visual Studio 2003
(#1): Don't use it any more -- bite the bullet and upgrade
to the 2005 version now. If you don't check out the older
stuff online: Visual
Basic .NET Technology Map. Everything is behind this link. Make sure to
find the .NET Framework SDK, which has quick access to properties,
methods, and other OO stuff about objects in the system
namespaces. The Intro to ADO.NET just below is another good place to
start if you're comfortable with the .NET IDE.
Using
ADO.NET.
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| This is about getting Referential
Integrity into an Access Database.
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| devx.com gets good
reviews from students as a .NET resource. It has tutorials for
intro level and articles about advanced topics.
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| gotdotnet.com
provides 'workspaces' where .NET teams can control their solution's
file, although I've had reports the service is somewhat limited and
flaky. There are lots of tutorials and other articles about
.NET and the site comes recommended by students.
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| systemwebmail.com
is very helpful for diagnosing problems with system.web.mail methods
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