IDE for ASP.NET

michael_hk

michael_hk

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Hi,

I just started to learn ASP.net (already know basic winform stuff) and am looking for an IDE. So want to know what IDE you guys are using.

Thanks.

Michael
 
If you have VS, there isnt a reason to use another editor.

Its another story entirely if you dont have it... then Id go with the webmatrix probobly. From what Id gathered (not much), its a basic text editor geared for compiling and linking with the framework.

All I can say is that after all my win forms, I really dont like asp.net.

Its just so... I want to say limited - but thats not it. Its just so different. Alien to the concept of a "cool app" that I could do lickity split in win forms...

trying to get all the information from one page to another while dealing with multiple users/sessions...

Im sure once you get used to it, its just fine, but Im by far more comfortable with winforms.
 
Denaes said:
All I can say is that after all my win forms, I really dont like asp.net.

Its just so... I want to say limited - but thats not it. Its just so different. Alien to the concept of a "cool app" that I could do lickity split in win forms...

trying to get all the information from one page to another while dealing with multiple users/sessions...

Im sure once you get used to it, its just fine, but Im by far more comfortable with winforms.
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EXACTLY what I want to say!!

But in the coming web projects, all are ASP.NET....so I will pick it up myself first.

Thanks for your input. ;)
 
If you have VS, there isnt a reason to use another editor.
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Thats your opinion. If you like poorly designed projects and an HTML editor that alters input, then Visual Studio .NET is the way to go. If you dont like those "features", it is not. Of course a lot of this is fixed in Visual Studio .NET 2005 ("Whidbey").

+1 Notepad. +1 XMLSpy. +1 SlickEdit. -∞ Visual Studio .NET 2002/2003.
 
You get what you pay for, which with WebMatrix, is a rather course toilet tissue. You can get a better constructed product in a public restroom.
 
Derek Stone said:
You get what you pay for, which with WebMatrix, is a rather course toilet tissue. You can get a better constructed product in a public restroom.
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Youve your right to an opinion and thats fine.

Id like to request that you explain yourself though as this is a thread started by someone who wants to learn about various methods of ASP.net making.

Im curious to learn why one is better than another as well.

How does this 3 program combo work? I know that I personally use Dreamweaver (MX or MX 2004) to create my static web pages and it has some mention of ASP.Net in there... dunno how that works.

While were at the "educating" part, I might throw out that there is a product called Cassini that was given out with the Visual Basic Resource Kit that acts as a IIS emulator to allow you to run ASP.Net apps on XP/2000 Home (which dont have IIS)

Honestly even with pro, Id rather run an emulator than have IIS running 24/7. Ive noticed some memory leaks at times in IIS which kinda stinks to have running as a resource.

Does anyone have an opinion about Cassini vs <other produce> or IIS?
 
I find WebMatrix unacceptable for three (3) reasons:
  • An MDI interface without a tabbed document manager is useless. SandDock is less than 20 routers away.
  • Lack of Intellisense. While I dont use it freqently, I sure as hell want it there when I forget the method signature of System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetManagedThunkForUnmanagedMethodPtr().
  • Advanced build/compilation interfacing. This is unacceptable (as it is in Visual Studio .NET).
 
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