VB.Net verses ASP.Net

[William]

My company produces 2 versions of our program. One is a
32 bit VB created in VB 6. The other is an ASP based Web
app. The reason the Web app was created was to address
client useage where the user was at a remote site and the
use of Citrix or some similiar method was not practicle.
Over the past few years the Web based product has
improved greatly but it is still no where near as
flexible or powerfull as the VB version.
Development is now looking into producing the next
version of our product using the .Net platform. They are
planning to use ASP.Net for the end-user or presentation
layer. My understanding is that with the intro of
ADO.Net, VB.Net can now work with disconnected data just
as our current Web app does. If this is true can anyone
either give me a reason why it would be better to use
ASP.Net over VB.Net or point me to some good reference
material on this subject?

Thanks
William

 

[Cor]

Hi William,

This is very difficult to answer, because VB.net is one of the tools to make
an ASP.Net application.

But maybe you mean using Visual.Studio Net

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/productinfo/

I hope you find here some information but there is so much,

Cor

 

[Michael Giagnocavo [MVP]]

..NET makes it much easier to write "disconnected" applications, since you
can use Web Services and pass datasets around. However, this doesn't
completely change the underlying benefits of rich client vs. web. With .NET
client exe, you'll still need to install a client EXE, and the framework, as
well as manage upgrades. With a .NET web app (ASP.NET), you won't have
those issues, at the cost of having to deal with HTML and browsers.

VB.NET can be used to create ASP.NET sites (VB.NET is just a language).

-mike
MVP