vs 2005 gui ide

[Chas]

I am a newbie to vs 2005. Not a newbie in classic vb. Being spoiled and
doing whatever I want in vb6 gui to achieve a Windows app, why can't I do
the same in vs 2005 asp.net gui environment? (web app; not window app)

So my real question, how many asp.net developers use the gui environment?
Verse modifying the asp pages in the asp editor in vs2005?

 

[Robbe Morris - [MVP] C#]

A web app is not a windows app. You don't specify what you
want to do that you cannot. So, how exactly do you expect us
to help you?

 

[Chas]

I am trying to find out if the majority of VS 2005 using ASP.NET use the gui
environment? Or if they use the ASP editor most of the time. Coming from
the VB6 environment (and probably the VB.NET (windows app), it is extremely
easy to manipulate the gui and get what you want. Talking to a couple local
developers, they don't use the gui ide for ASP; but rather modify the
ASP.NET script directly. Still use the ide for vb code development and
debugging, but staying away from the gui for moving controls around.

 

[Robbe Morris - [MVP] C#]

I suspect that the number of years of web experience prior to
asp.net will drive the behavior.

Most experienced asp.net developers I know (including myself)
use the asp editor because we have the tag names virtually
memorized. Most new asp.net developers I know do the
exact opposite.

From a web development perspective and contrasting it
with other tools, the vs.net asp designer is pretty nice IMHO.

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Robbe Morris [Microsoft MVP - Visual C#]
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