kkathman
New member
Good day to all!
I have extensive background in web programming, but mostly using PHP and MySQL. This is a very easy environment to setup and maintain on my company laptop. We run Windows XP Pro and IIS, so installing PHP and MySQL is a snap. Currently Im using Dreamweaver MX for my IDE. (Visual Studio.net is way out of my budget).
Im trying to expand my horizons and want to learn ASP.net (I already have programmed alot in other languages including ASP 3.0). I took a recent stab at this and just had alot of problems getting a proper environment working on my laptop so I could run examples.
I loaded the following:
1 - .NET framework Redist 1.1
2 - .NET SDK
3 - MS Data access Components 2.7
4 - MS SQL Server Desktop Engine
( Since SQL Server is like $4000, Ill probably be using MySQL or Access for my learning experience). I also have Oracle on my laptop, as that is the database for our software I work with.
When I set this all up, I was able to run the ASP Quick Start tutorials initially. But when I had to reboot my computer, the SQL Server Destop Engine never came back up and I had all kinds of problems. I have since uninstalled everything.
Can someone please give for some direction on what I need to install to have a working environment that I can simply learn with? I dont want to deploy a huge site at this time, just want to learn with the machine I have...WinXP Pro and Dreamweaver.
Thanks,
Kork
I have extensive background in web programming, but mostly using PHP and MySQL. This is a very easy environment to setup and maintain on my company laptop. We run Windows XP Pro and IIS, so installing PHP and MySQL is a snap. Currently Im using Dreamweaver MX for my IDE. (Visual Studio.net is way out of my budget).
Im trying to expand my horizons and want to learn ASP.net (I already have programmed alot in other languages including ASP 3.0). I took a recent stab at this and just had alot of problems getting a proper environment working on my laptop so I could run examples.
I loaded the following:
1 - .NET framework Redist 1.1
2 - .NET SDK
3 - MS Data access Components 2.7
4 - MS SQL Server Desktop Engine
( Since SQL Server is like $4000, Ill probably be using MySQL or Access for my learning experience). I also have Oracle on my laptop, as that is the database for our software I work with.
When I set this all up, I was able to run the ASP Quick Start tutorials initially. But when I had to reboot my computer, the SQL Server Destop Engine never came back up and I had all kinds of problems. I have since uninstalled everything.
Can someone please give for some direction on what I need to install to have a working environment that I can simply learn with? I dont want to deploy a huge site at this time, just want to learn with the machine I have...WinXP Pro and Dreamweaver.
Thanks,
Kork