WebClasses .vs. JAVA .vs. ASP

[Michael J. Visintin]

I am trying to help a company move into the future. They are interested in
using VB.NET as their platform, and need to know if they can do major web
development using WebClasses.

I am used to people doing major projects in JAVA, ASP, etc.

Can the WebClasses in VB.NET be used to develop at the enterprise wide
intranet/extranet level?

Are the WebClasses the evolution of what I used to call DHTML in VB.6?

Thanks for your professional insight.

Michael

[john bailo]

Re: WebClasses .vs. JAVA .vs. ASP


"Michael J. Visintin" <mjvisintin@msn .com> wrote in message
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> I am trying to help a company move into the future. They are interested[/color]
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> using VB.NET as their platform, and need to know if they can do major web
> development using WebClasses.
>
> I am used to people doing major projects in JAVA, ASP, etc.
>
> Can the WebClasses in VB.NET be used to develop at the enterprise wide
> intranet/extranet level?
>
> Are the WebClasses the evolution of what I used to call DHTML in VB.6?
>
> Thanks for your professional insight.
>
> Michael
>
>[/color]

WebClasses are an old technology from the VB6 days.

However, they illustrate the way that ASP.NET now works, compiled OOP code
that is a DLL that runs under the http server.

In ASP.NET, using c#, everything is a class, it's the basis of the language.

I would use c# for web and web services applications.

[Michael Giagnocavo [MVP]]

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> In ASP.NET, using c#, everything is a class, it's the basis of the
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> I would use c# for web and web services applications.[/color]

This is rather independent of C#. I personally prefer C#, but VB.NET can
work out fine (we've done some large projects in VB.NET for the web with no
problems). With .NET, the language itself isn't as important...

-mike
MVP

[john bailo]

Re: WebClasses .vs. JAVA .vs. ASP


"Michael Giagnocavo [MVP]" <mggUNSPAM@Atre vido.net> wrote in message
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> problems). With .NET, the language itself isn't as important...[/color]

I hear that, and it is often said, but
to be honest with you, I would not
use .Net if it didn't have c#.

java was the superior choice for
people who wanted to commit
to the OO paradigm for web
development, multi-tiered applications
and data manipulation for business
logic.

c# is microsoft's answer for a clean,
workable language that is in the history
of c++ and smallTalk.

VB.NET just isn't that, and it will
soon be abandoned.

As for 'other' languages, do you
seriously think someone is going
to program COBOL in dotnet?

I mean they can -- but why?

[Jesse Liberty]

Re: WebClasses .vs. JAVA .vs. ASP

I'm sorry to be so late replying to you.

I wrote a book on WebClasses and I'd love to recommend them to you, but they
are fully obsolete and deprecated by Micrsooft. They are not part of .NET --
the equivalent in .NET is ASP.NET, which is the technology you'll want if
you want to develop a web application on the Microsoft platform.

You can write ASP.NET comfortably in either VB.NET or C#. If you are an
experienced VB programmer and you have some experience with object oriented
programming, you'll find this an easy transition.

You may want to take a look at my web site, I have a number of books on the
subject that may be of interest to you: http://www.LibertyAssociates.com -
click on books. If I can be of help, please let me know.

-j



--
Jesse Liberty, President
Liberty Associates, Inc.

http://www.LibertyAssociates.com

"Michael J. Visintin" <mjvisintin@msn .com> wrote in message
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> I am trying to help a company move into the future. They are interested[/color]
in[color=blue]
> using VB.NET as their platform, and need to know if they can do major web
> development using WebClasses.
>
> I am used to people doing major projects in JAVA, ASP, etc.
>
> Can the WebClasses in VB.NET be used to develop at the enterprise wide
> intranet/extranet level?
>
> Are the WebClasses the evolution of what I used to call DHTML in VB.6?
>
> Thanks for your professional insight.
>
> Michael
>
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