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| ASP Migration Quickstart |
- Definition: ASP (Whatis.com)
- Definition: ASP.NET (Whatis.com)
- FAQ: ASP.NET Frequently Asked Questions (Microsoft)
- Article: Migrating to ASP.NET: Key Considerations (Microsoft)
- Overview: ASP.NET Feature Overview (Microsoft)
- Overview: Migrating ASP Pages to ASP.NET (Microsoft)
- Tutorial: The ASP.NET Quickstart (Microsoft)
- Tutorial: The ASP.NET Web Services QuickStart (Microsoft)
- Tutorial: The Common Tasks QuickStart (Microsoft)
- Code Samples: User Samples (gotdotnet)
- Article: Moving from Visual Basic to ASP.NET (Microsoft)
| ASP Porting and Migration |
- Download: ASP to ASP.NET Migration Assistant (Microsoft)
- Instructions: Using the ASP to ASP.NET Migration Assistant (Microsoft)
- Article: Optimizing your migrated site for ASP.NET (Microsoft)
- White Paper: Moving to ASP.NET: Guidelines for planning a successful migration (SearchVB.com)
- Article: Microsoft's ASP to ASP.NET Migration Assistant (ASP 101)
- Article: Converting ASP to ASP.NET (Microsoft)
- Webcast: Best Practices: Migrating from ASP to ASP.NET Part I (Microsoft)
- Webcast: Best Practices: Migrating from ASP to ASP.NET Part 2 (Microsoft)
- Article: Migration Overview (Microsoft)
- Article: Syntax and Semantics (Microsoft)
- Article: Language Compatibility (Microsoft)
- Article: COM Interoperability (Microsoft)
- Article: Transactions (Microsoft)
- Discussion Forum: Migrating from ASP to ASP.NET (Microsoft)
- White Paper: Migrating from ASP to ASP.NET 2.0 (Microsoft)
| ASP Migration Tips |
- Tip: ASP.NET: Prepare for a New World (informit.com)
- Tip: Moving from ASP to ASP.NET (SearchVB.com)
- Tip: Share session state between ASP and ASP.NET apps (SearchVB.com)
- Tip: Transitioning To ASP.NET: Server Controls (ASP 101)
- Tip: Path mapping in ASP.NET (SearchVB.com)
- Tip: Share ASP.NET variables with JavaScript (SearchVB.com)
- Tip: How to use a VB component in ASP.NET (SearchVB.com)
- Tip: Client side validation in ASP.NET (SearchVB.com)
- Tip: Tips for Web development using ASP.NET (SearchVB.com)
- Tip: Toggle between ASP.NET 1.0 and 1.1 (SearchVB.com)
- Tip: ASP.NET 2.0 provides cleaner, developer-friendly coding (SearchVB.com)
- Tip: Sending e-mail from ASP.NET 2.0 (ASPAlliance.com)
- Tip: View controls in ASP.NET 2.0 (ASPAlliance.com)
| ASP Online Books |
- Chapter 4: ASP.NET 2.0 Web Programming with C# 2005 (Murach)
- Chapter 2: ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader's Guide, VB Edition (Murach)
- Chapter 3: ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader's Guide, VB Edition (Murach)
- Chapter 1: Building ASP.NET Pages with VB.NET and C# (informit.com)
- Chapter 3: ASP.NET Distributed Data Applications (ASP 101)
- Chapter 5: Professional ASP.NET Web Forms Techniques (ASP 101)
- Chapter 1-3: Building Web Solutions with ASP.NET and ADO.NET (Microsoft Press)
- Chapter 6: ASP in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition (O'Reilly)
- Chapter 6: ASP.NET in a Nutshell, Second Edition (O'Reilly)
- Chapter 11: ASP.NET 2.0 Cookbook, Second Edition (O'Reilly)
- Chapter 1: ASP.NET 2.0: A Developer's Notebook (O'Reilly)
- Chapter 9: Programming ASP.NET, Third Edition (O'Reilly)
- Chapter 10: Developing ASP Components, Second Edition (O'Reilly)
- Chapter 1: Designing Active Server Pages (O'Reilly)
- Chapter 1: Professional ASP.NET 2.0 XML (Wiley)
- Chapter 1: Professional DotNetNuke ASP.NET Portals (Wiley)
- Chapter 1: ASP.NET Website Programming: Problem - Design - Solution (Wiley)
- Chapter 1: ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results (Wiley)
| ASP Developer Webcasts |
- Webcast: ASP.NET 2.0 Trend
Watch (SearchVB.com)
- Webcast: A First Look at ASP.NET 2.0 (Microsoft)
- Webcast: Best Practices: Migrating from ASP to ASP.NET Part I (Microsoft)
- Webcast: Best Practices: Migrating from ASP to ASP.NET Part 2 (Microsoft)
- Webcast: Introduction to ASP.NET (Part 1 of 4): Fundamentals (Microsoft)
- Webcast: Introduction to ASP.NET (Part 2 of 4): Web Forms (Microsoft)
- Webcast: Introduction to ASP.NET (Part 3 of 4): ADO.NET (Microsoft)
- Webcast: Introduction to ASP.NET (Part 4 of 4): Configuration (Microsoft)
- Webcast: ADO.Net and Data Access Features in ASP.Net (Microsoft)
- Webcast: Beyond the Starter Kits, Creating Custom Modules (Part 1 of 2) (Microsoft)
- Webcast: Beyond the Starter Kits, Creating Custom Modules (Part 2 of 2) (Microsoft)
- Webcast: Essential ASP.NET: 15-part Series (Microsoft)
| ASP Migration Forums |
- Where peers share know-how and experience: ITKnowledge Exchange (SearchVB.com)
- Forum: Getting Started Forum (Microsoft)
- Forum: Migrating from ASP.NET 1.x to ASP.NET 2.0 (Microsoft)
- Forum: Migrating from ASP to ASP.NET (Microsoft)
- Forum: Migrating from PHP to ASP.NET (Microsoft)
- Forum: Migrating from JSP/Servlets to ASP.NET (Microsoft)
- Forum: Migrating from Cold Fusion to ASP.NET (Microsoft)
- Forum: General ASP.NET (Microsoft)
- Forum: Advanced ASP.NET (Microsoft)
- Forum: Starter Kits and Source Projects (Microsoft)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brent Sheets is a former Senior Editor at TechTarget and a
frequent contributor to SearchVB.com. He founded and managed the popular Visual Basic Web Directory
website until it was acquired by TechTarget in 2000 and relaunched as SearchVB.com. Brent currently
resides in sunny Florida with his wife and daughter.