ASP.NET 1.1 or 2.0

[James Swindell]

I'm a long-time, rich-client application developer looking to throw myself
more into web development (C# and ASP.NET). My question is, does it make
sense continuing to look into ASP.NET 1.1, or start anew with 2.0?

James

 

[Joe Gilkey]

I'm a long-time, rich-client application developer looking to throw
myself more into web development (C# and ASP.NET). My question is,
does it make sense continuing to look into ASP.NET 1.1, or start anew
with 2.0?

James

Go for 2.0

 

[Mark Rae]

I'm a long-time, rich-client application developer looking to throw myself
more into web development (C# and ASP.NET). My question is, does it make
sense continuing to look into ASP.NET 1.1, or start anew with 2.0?

Depends how soon you're intending to go live - v2.0 won't be out for quite a
few months yet...

 

[Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]]

Depends on how soon you plan on starting serious web development.
If your web needs are not urgent, I'd suggest going straight to 2.0.

 

[WJ]

ASP.NET 1.1

v1.1 is working fine. it is a proven product !

...new with 2.0?

Not available yet. Once it is, it will take another 6-12 months to iron out
all bugs. I would not risk my job for v2. It is safe to wait til end of
2006.

John

 

[Kevin Spencer]

How much trouble do you want to go to? To use 2.0, you would need to work
with beta software. If you want to learn ASP.Net, it might be easier to know
when it's your fault, and not a bug in the system!

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
What You Seek Is What You Get.

 

[Jordan Richard]

One more thought beyond what the others point out:
Being a rich-client developer, you'll have your hands full learning Web
development in general - *independent* of ASP.NET 1.1 or 2.0. There is the
whole request-response model which will force you to rethink how you
interact with the user, HTTP, state management - which you'll have to think
hard about for non trivial applications, etc.

It's not as simple as just "learning ASP.NET"

-HTH

 

[James Swindell]

Thanks all!