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]

"Michael J. Visintin" <mj********@msn.com> wrote in message
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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

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]]

> 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.

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]

"Michael Giagnocavo [MVP]" <mg*******@Atrevido.net> wrote in message
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problems). With .NET, the language itself isn't as important...

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]

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" <mj********@msn.com> wrote in message
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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