Anyone to help Newbie?

[UBigDummie]

Hey Guys! I'm new to this newsgroup as well as programming. The only
programming I have expereince with is ASP, which I still use from time to
time on my personal server.

I am wanting to create an application using VB Express (I have downloaded
Studio Express recently from Microsoft). I have described briefly on my
site what I would like my application to do. Although, I am open to
suggestions. In short, what I am trying to create is a content management
system. The outline of my project is at http://berrien.homeip.net .

I have created a new project in VB Express and I have layed out the menu
pretty much the way I want it. I really don't know where to go from here.
If anyone would be willing to guide me along the way with some specific
instructions, I'd be very greatful.

Thanks guys.
Andy

 

[Homer J Simpson]

I have created a new project in VB Express and I have layed out the menu
pretty much the way I want it. I really don't know where to go from here.
If anyone would be willing to guide me along the way with some specific
instructions, I'd be very greatful.

Make your program do something, even if it is trivial. Then add more
functions to it.

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Learn,

AdoNet, I don't know if this in the Express version otherwise try that. You
get than a good program to start to learn it.

http://www.vb-tips.com/default.aspx?ID=1139f14a-c236-4ad7-8882-b1ed16424252

If this is in the Express version, will you than reply?

I hope this helps,

Cor

 

[Cerebrus]

Hi Andy,

Am I missing something, or does your link only lead to a page with your
Resumé ? I couldn't find any project outline on that page.

Regards,

Cerebrus.

 

[OHM \( One Handed Man \)]

I think its a ploy to get himself a job

;-)

--
( OHM ) - One Handed Man
AKA Terry Burns - http://TrainingOn.net


Hi Andy,

Am I missing something, or does your link only lead to a page with your
Resumé ? I couldn't find any project outline on that page.

Regards,

Cerebrus.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I think its a ploy to get himself a job

Do you think any serious recruiter would read posts which are titled "Anyone
to help Newbie" in order to look for people suitable for a certain job?

 

[OHM \( One Handed Man \)]

Have you heard of humour ?, It's what we humans use to cheer ourself up. You
should give it a try sometime Herfried and stop being so serious all the
while.

;-D

--
( OHM ) - One Handed Man
AKA Terry Burns - http://TrainingOn.net

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Have you heard of humour ?, It's what we humans use to cheer ourself up.
You should give it a try sometime Herfried and stop being so serious all
the while.

Sorry, it was not my intention to be serious. I forgot to add an
emoticon...

;-)

 

[Cerebrus]

Humour : Certainly one area in which I am MVP ! ;-)

 

[OHM \( One Handed Man \)]

And It's probably the 'ONLY' area. in which 'I' will ever be an MVP !!!

;-D

 

[UBigDummie]

How dumb of me. LOL. I forgot the directory. That's a little
embarrassing. It's http://berrien.homeip.net/application.asp . It's not a
ploy to get a job.
Actually, I have plenty of work at the moment. Anyway, thanks guys.

 

[OHM \( One Handed Man \)]

I think your question is far too open. What you are really looking for is
free consultancy. I have read your outline spec and I dont see that this
would be too difficult to put together although Im not sure about the diary
system as this is something Im looking at presently.

You need to do more design though, for each of the elements that you want to
put in, you need to play with the methods that you may use to get them into
reality and see if they look like a sensible option. Once you have done this
for all your elements, you will probably have both changed your design and
have a better idea of how to go about this.

Feel free to ask specifics, but you do need to do a little groundwork first.
On a general note, will probably want to first understand the security model
that you are going to use, so you should play with Roles and Membership
first to get an idea of how that works, then learn about creating and using
Master Pages, proceed on to Web Parts, Themes, Skins which could well end up
as an important part of your application. Once you have mastered that, you
need to understand how to use the SQL ( or whatever providers ) Backend data
management.

By this time, you will have a reasonably good understanding of what's
acheivable. Content management has basic elements which will be common to
most applications such as who can create, edit, read and delete content.
Build in this functionality with a view to expand the number of people who
might later want to use it, because if you dont do this from the onset,
re-jigging it later will be a nightmare.

BTW, this is going to take you several hundred hours.

I hope this has been of some help.

 

[UBigDummie]

OHM,
Thank you so much. I've been trying to learn about the .NET framework and
I've been studying OOP as well. I knew from the beginning this was going to
take quiet some time since I will be learning a new language. Thank you for
pointing me in the right direction. I will follow your advise.

Thanks again.
Andy

 

[OHM \( One Handed Man \)]

Actually you know, the language is probably the least of your worries. There
is far more effort in simply understanding how it all hangs together than
the language itself. You will probably be able to get by with just the
basics of the language to be honest.

 

[VJ]

Ash.. this sounds like a system that we have built over 3.5 years, and with
8 people working full-time.. We have a competitor...

VJ

 

[OHM \( One Handed Man \)]

You guys are slow then. I have just spent the last four months ( Alone )
Developing a Project Cost Managment system with 50 users and Ive probably
got around three or four months more work to do and its complete.

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

OHM,

You guys are slow then. I have just spent the last four months ( Alone )
Developing a Project Cost Managment system with 50 users and Ive probably
got around three or four months more work to do and its complete.

For the Wembley Stadium?

Cor

 

[OHM \( One Handed Man \)]

Ha Ha!,

Those guys get paid more than me but want more; Thats why it's never gonna
get finished.