Question

I have been working on winforms using C# in my company for quite a long time, and I have a fair experience implementing those. However, I need to change my job and work somewhere else. The market in here is mostly in need for web applications developer which I never worked with before. How difficult is it to move to using ASP.NET ? and what’s the best way to start my self-learning given that I don’t like to bear a book and read from it?

Thanks

Answer 1

Some of the stumbling blocks you’ll run into that aren’t covered under WinForms development are:

• The ASP.NET Page Life Cycle
• IIS Configuration
• Security
• Performance
• Search Engine Optimization
• The HTTP protocol
• HTML/XML/CSS/Javascript
• Databases (most web sites anyways)
• Web Services
• Browser differences (this one really blows)

See What should a developer know before building a public web site? for a good start on what you’ll be getting into.