Hi,

I am a multimedia developer based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
I use MS ACCESS/SQL SERVER  with ASP/VBScript to create database driven 
websites and have recently been given the opportunity to train in a field 
of my choice.

I have been studying XML/XSLT and feel that this is a technology I want to 
expand, I also would like to learn more about .Net technologies but am 
unsure if these are technologies that will benefit me the most.  My main 
interests ar in data manipulation and transfer of data, and would like to 
train in technologies that will enable me to be profficient at this.

I feel that XML and .Net could be the way to go but do not know what 
combination of the two I should go with.  There are many different .NET 
versions and I would really appreciate any advice as to which route I 
should go down.

If anyone has been in a similar situation or has any ideas ot even links 
to aricles that will help me decide on which technologies to use I would 
really appreciate it.

Thanks in advance for any help

Euan Green

If you are doing data driven web site development, then you definitely want
to check out .NET. The ease of using XML web services in your applications
is going to be the wave of the future. Since you already deal with ASP and
VBscript, I recommend learning ASP.NET, ADO.NET, and VB.NET. They are
similar in ways to the older technology, but significantly different enough
that it will take some serious study to master them.

Good luck

David

-----Original Message-----
From: Euan Green [mailto:euan_green@h...]
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 2:06 PM
To: aspx_beginners
Subject: [aspx_beginners] ASP.NET?


Hi,

I am a multimedia developer based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
I use MS ACCESS/SQL SERVER  with ASP/VBScript to create database driven
websites and have recently been given the opportunity to train in a field
of my choice.

I have been studying XML/XSLT and feel that this is a technology I want to
expand, I also would like to learn more about .Net technologies but am
unsure if these are technologies that will benefit me the most.  My main
interests ar in data manipulation and transfer of data, and would like to
train in technologies that will enable me to be profficient at this.

I feel that XML and .Net could be the way to go but do not know what
combination of the two I should go with.  There are many different .NET
versions and I would really appreciate any advice as to which route I
should go down.

If anyone has been in a similar situation or has any ideas ot even links
to aricles that will help me decide on which technologies to use I would
really appreciate it.

Thanks in advance for any help

Euan Green
---
Beginning ASP.NET Databases using VB.NET
http://www.wrox.com/ACON11.asp?ISBN=1861006195

Beginning ASP.NET Databases using C#
http://www.wrox.com/ACON11.asp?ISBN=1861007418

These books look at how we can create data-centric ASP.NET
applications. Requiring some basic knowledge of ASP.NET,
Access and SQL the authors guide you through the process
of connecting and consuming information in a variety of
ways. They are packed full of excellent illustrative code
examples, demonstrating important fundamental principles.