Update: Charles Carroll's ASPFriends.com list servers have been taken down,
but there is a new resource, the ASP Alliance
lists, which you can join for help with all your ASP.NET, ASP, etc. needs,
including all the major topics formerly covered by ASPFriends.
Welcome to my ASP.NET and ASP advice site. Instead of recreating every piece of oft-repeated
advice, my goal is to fill in the gaps that other sites miss (and link to content
that's already out there and I've found to be useful). For example, I couldn't
find a JScript GetRows example anywhere on the web, and
am now providing that sample code.
As you can see, I am transitioning my site to ASP.NET. I've converted the front
page and two articles so far; I may convert the last two, and will also code
new articles in ASP.NET. Please let me know of any errors you encounter using
the below form.
ASP.NET
General Coding Practices - This is practically the ASP.NET version of
25+ ASP Tips
below. Alex Lowe, Microsoft MVP in ASP.NET, lists several tips on writing
good ASP.NET code, linking to Microsoft and community resources for
more in-depth information.
LearnASP - Want to do something
in ASP.NET or ASP, and are sure it's been done before, but can't quite get the code
worked out right? Webmaster/teacher Charles Carroll has filled this site with a
million free code samples.
25+ ASP Tips to Improve Performance and Style -
This general advice, best practices article should be required reading for every novice
ASP programmer. Unlike many articles, it contains current advice, and the author said
that it is now in the process of being updated.
Search Microsoft.com -
Microsoft has almost every possible error message documented. Copy the error message
and paste it in the search box, change
the search type from "All Words" to "Exact Phrase", and select
only the "Support" checkbox. Update: The search results I've
gotten with this method have suffered since Microsoft's last update to their
search engine. So I find myself using Google
more and more. Paste your error message in the search box with double quotes
and it will probably pull up some Microsoft.com results.
I'm a professional ASP.NET programmer/analyst for a Fortune 500 company. Fortunately,
my company adopted .NET early--when it was still in beta. So I've had plenty of
opportunity to learn ASP.NET and use it on a day-to-day basis. I also have
minimal responsibility supportting
classic ASP applications (using MANY different technologies including JScript
ASP and FoxPro COM), as well as a legacy FoxPro application.
I'm an ASP.NET Ace/Guru at Microsoft's ASP.NET
Forums, and was an ASP Elite at Charles
Carroll's ASPFriends listservers before they were taken offline.
I'm rewriting the point-of-sale/inventory maintenance software for Just Creations,
a non-profit store based in Louisville, Kentucky USA that sells crafts
created by artisans in low-income countries. Thanks in part to Microsoft's MSDE
and .NET Framework, I'm able to write them a free, fully licensed application
using the highest performance and best practices tools and technologies
available--practically the same ones I would choose given an unlimited budget.
