Am sure I can answer a few ASP.Net questions. 

If u've got one post it here and be sure ad come in at least once a day to answer, if I dont readily have an answer ad find an answer. Hope I have not said too much.

Aight bring it on. 

do you mind tell me how i can get a good book that teachs web design with c# using asp.net. iknow u understand. thanks.
uwamemeka@yahoo.com

can you recommend any good asp.net books

ASP.Net Unleashed. Stephen Walters.

Its one big Intimidating book.

Read it and you will be smoking Asp.Net.

thanks

what ide are u using .

@blacksta

1. Make asp.net ur default home page. Browse the site for videos. You learn faster by watching videos. as for books, "asp.net 2.0 instant result" will be helpful too.
2. Study architectural design on one MVP's   (asp.net)site  http://imar.spaanjaars.com/QuickDocId.aspx?quickdoc=476 Imar is one of the writers of "asp.net 2.0 instant result".
3. Although i use a LICENSED team edition of visual studio 08 but u can download "visual web developer" it is ok for most professional asp.net apps,u might want to build and it is FREE.
4. Download SQLExpress 2005 to be used as ur back end it can take up to 4GB of data and it is FREE too.

@uwamemeka
1. you can get free e-books on this site http://www.free-ebooks-download.org. Take your time to browse through the site, u will be glad u did.

I hope that helps.
-My Opinion

blacksta:

thanks
what ide are u using .

I have got the Visual Studio 2008, although I rarely use it as I see it as long learning curve.

I most times write my works on Notepad and use the .Net Famework to debug, makes life very easy, that way when you have errors you know where its coming from and what ur dealing with.

As for your back end you could use the SQLExpress as suggested above. But I would recommend MySQL, as this could take any amount of Data and its very free.

In conclusion, I would say get yourself a good Asp.Net book, a .Net Framework 3.0-free, and MySql-free, you could even use your normal Access database if Space is an Issue.

Dont get me wrong, all the suggestion made above are quite good, but a good book takes you in the arm from the cradle to the main road, when your sure you can stand and understand many concept then you could browse all websites, as browsing many websites without a strong knowledge or concept could be sometimes confusing.

Ikomi:

I have got the Visual Studio 2008, although I rarely use it as I see it as long learning curve.

I most times write my works on Notepad and use the .Net Famework to debug, makes life very easy,that way  when you have errors you know where its coming from and what ur dealing with.

I know it is very possible to write ur dotnet codes using notepad but can u please answer these questions

1.  Do u mean that statement or u are just joking ? .  If u do, au long does it take u to finish a standard web application ?
2. Your 3 reasons for choosing notepad sounds IRONIC   

I av no issues with your approach but just for the sake of newbies who might want to follow that path.

-My Opinion

dammytosh:

I know it is very possible to write ur dotnet codes using notepad but can u please answer these questions

1.  Do u mean that statement or u are just joking ? .  If u do, au long does it take u to finish a standard web application ?
2. Your 3 reasons for choosing notepad sounds IRONIC   

I av no issues with your approach but just for the sake of newbies who might want to follow that path.

-My Opinion

Am not in here for a competition of who knows more than the other. Take note and that statement is in good fate dont take it hard.

Even when I write my html, I dont use Frontpage or any of those tools. I still use my good old notepad.

Yes it takes more time, but maybe am just a kind of a control freak, or old fashioned, I like being in absolute charge of whatever I do, not some application addding behind codes for me.

I have also noticed one thing with using Notepad when ur done u know ur done, there is no behind formatting that might make ur code work in one platform and not the other.

That is how I learnt actually, and it makes me aware of all thats happening with my work.

@Ikomio
i never intend to compete too, i have also made up my mind not to engage anybody on this forum in any USELESS and UNPRODUCTIVE arguments that will rather CONFUSE people who actually needed help from the POSTS. I was just inquisitive to know the mindset and u've made it known.

It is a free world.

Happy Coding.

@Ikomi, writing ASP.NET tags with NotePad and no intellisense to help cut development time in half but helping you catch the errors from the start? I really do not envy you, dude.

Now, if you said you only used NotePad for say CSS and HTML/DHTML, I would understand but ASP.NET as well?

Anywho, good for you dude, but I do not envy you! lol

Kobojunkie:

@Ikomi, writing ASP.NET tags with NotePad and no intellisense to help cut development time in half but helping you catch the errors from the start? I really do not envy you, dude.

Now, if you said you only used NotePad for say CSS and HTML/DHTML, I would understand but ASP.NET as well?

Anywho, good for you dude, but I do not envy you! lol

Its not a matter of Envy its a matter of getting things done, and on time.

And however you think you can do it its up to you.

Your tags if you want could always be copied of your IDE and placed in your notepad to make sure you haven't got any behind application formatting you dont know of.

Like i said if you think you have a better way just answer questions rather than antagonize.

Its like writing your web pages in Frontpage and immediately its of windows platform you find out many things dont work.

Intellisence, those little tricks Microsoft uses in locking lazy programers in, who would rather have some application do a lot of their work for them.

Ikomi:

Its not a matter of Envy its a matter of getting things done, and on time.

And however you think you can do it its up to you.

Your tags if you want could always be copied of your IDE and placed in your notepad to make sure you haven't got any behind application formatting you dont know of.

Like i said if you think you have a better way just answer questions rather than antagonize.

Its like writing your web pages in Frontpage and immediately its of windows platform you find out many things dont work.

Well, I guess it all depends on how comfortable you are with your IDE of choice. I am quite comfortable with mine and so have templates and predefined settings that I want applied to my code and so do not need to copy and paste to notepad for any reason as my IDE is actually a glorified Notepad document and so it would be redundant for me to want to copy the same to Notepad for editing when I can do that in the IDE code view using available tools.

I am guessing you have not used frontpage in a long time there.

Kobojunkie:

Well, I guess it all depends on how comfortable you are with your IDE of choice. I am quite comfortable with mine and so have templates and predefined settings that I want applied to my code and so do not need to copy and paste to notepad for any reason as my IDE is actually a glorified Notepad document and so it would be redundant for me to want to copy the same to Notepad for editing when I can do that in the IDE code view using available tools.

I am guessing you have not used frontpage in a long time there.

I clearly agree with that statement so my raw notepad is a wonderful enviroment.

In using asp.net is it important i know c# ?

thanks

The .Net framework has a Common Language Run CLR, time. This simply means if you write your codes, either in C#, VB or J# it all sounds the same to the compiler. But what you must make sure of is that each page contains one particular language at a time. In other words you cant write half of the page in C# and finish off with VB.

In conclusion C# is not very neccessary infact the default language of .Net is VB.