Q: just wondering? I have this semester ASP.NET and the need for the program at home. Before I buy the student version of Visual Studio I just want to make sure
thanks advance
guy
Best Answer: You can use the security features in ASP.NET to create user accounts:
http://quickstarts.asp.net/QuickStartv20…
From that, you can associate user accounts you store in a SQL database with the user, and give the logged-in user a way to update those details.
You'll need a payment gateway of some sort to check account balances. In other words, you need a merchant account to check credit balances.
It actually sounds like you should start with the storefront starter kit that ASP.NET provides, and customize that to fit your needs:
http://www.asp.net/downloads/starterkits…
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
You can build and run ASP .NET pages with nothing but the free .NET Framework SDK. It's painful to code and debug, but it's possible. ASP .NET doesn't come with Visual Studio .NET, but VS .NET certainly helps in development.
That ASP.NET isn't distributed with VS.NET isn't true – ASP.NET is not part of VS.NET either 
. ASP.NET is part of the .NET Framework distributable – it and several other dependent Windows Components are shipped on the VS.NET CDs. It is provided for OSes that don't already have .NET installed.
Since ASP.NET is part of the .NET Framework, having VS.NET is not essential – you could just download the .NET Framework from here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/default.aspx
Then try one of the one of the free ASP.NET editors like WebMatrix from here
http://www.asp.net
VS.NET's development and debugging experience is pretty good for ASP.NET and other managed code development, try out the free tools first – then compare and contrast against a 60 day trial of VS.NET to help you judge if it is worth it or not.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/productinfo/trial/default.aspx
For debugging complex systems in multiple languages and host systems VS.NET rocks – e.g. debugging end-to-end an IE HTML page using a JScripted behaviour to call an ASMX that does some SQL work. Mind blowing how well it can step-debug in all those disciplines.
Thanks for the links, that looks like all I will need
guy
Re:Originally posted by: guy
You can build and run ASP .NET pages with nothing but the free .NET Framework SDK. It's painful to code and debug, but it's possible. ASP .NET doesn't come with Visual Studio .NET, but VS .NET certainly helps in development.
That ASP.NET isn't distributed with VS.NET isn't true – ASP.NET is not part of VS.NET either . ASP.NET is part of the .NET Framework distributable – it and several other dependent Windows Components are shipped on the VS.NET CDs. It is provided for OSes that don't already have .NET installed.
Since ASP.NET is part of the .NET Framework, having VS.NET is not essential – you could just download the .NET Framework from here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/default.aspx
Then try one of the one of the free ASP.NET editors like WebMatrix from here
http://www.asp.net
VS.NET's development and debugging experience is pretty good for ASP.NET and other managed code development, try out the free tools first – then compare and contrast against a 60 day trial of VS.NET to help you judge if it is worth it or not.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/productinfo/trial/default.aspx
For debugging complex systems in multiple languages and host systems VS.NET rocks – e.g. debugging end-to-end an IE HTML page using a JScripted behaviour to call an ASMX that does some SQL work. Mind blowing how well it can step-debug in all those disciplines.
Re:Visual Studio is probably overkill for your class. Try ASP.NET Web Matrix Project (http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/default.aspx?tabIndex=4&tabId=46)
Re:well as far as I know right now, I think it is just ASP.NET
we have a group project that is going to take the entire year…the whole thing deals with a web based DB, for a non profit company. There are several groups and we are all fighting to have our project picked.
the end user wants to have there DB (access 2000) with roughly 1000 users to be able to be updated via the web, have multi layered security and a bunch of other requirements…
The teacher said we will be doing to code in ASP.NET, so that is why I am asking ?
guy
Re:Originally posted by: guy
You can build and run ASP .NET pages with nothing but the free .NET Framework SDK. It's painful to code and debug, but it's possible. ASP .NET doesn't come with Visual Studio .NET, but VS .NET certainly helps in development.
I disagree with the painful to debug part. Working in a hosting environment offering ASP.Net, I've had to help debug many customers sites because they simply have no clue on how to debug their apps because they do not know what the heck happens under the seens.
I've created a basic Hello World web service using a proxy class, an .asmx, and a .aspx consumer file, all using TextPad and the CLI. It's a hurdle to get things running in the beginning, but once you can setup one project this way, you can pretty much do everything this way. I've tried using VS.Net and couldn't get used to it. Some of the code completion, and other perks are nice, but you can live with out them. You end up knowing your code much thoroughly this way.
Re:You can build and run ASP .NET pages with nothing but the free .NET Framework SDK. It's painful to code and debug, but it's possible. ASP .NET doesn't come with Visual Studio .NET, but VS .NET certainly helps in development.
Re:Well you might be able to save some money and not buy the whole studio…do you know if you will be focusing on VB.NET C#.NET or what?
Re:Yes, the Visual Studio .NET IDE supports editing ASP.NET files.
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