Chapter 7

Chapter 7 went into detail about how Linq works. It teaches logic and syntax and goes over the different methods available within the Linq object. It functions very much like SQL, well, exactly like SQL, but with the added benefit of the other methods and Linq's functionality to search any data set, pretty much.

It is kinda quirky to work with, but given my background with SQL and Java it made lots of sense and I believe I have a pretty good understanding of how it works. We will see when they go into more detail in chapter 8.

Chapter 6

Chapter 6 went into detail on how to connect to a database. It also went into how to create and use, very briefly, session variables. It went into great detail on SQLdata controls and how to set those up to handle different input types as well as how to format view controls to make your information look interesting.

This chapter presented some very simple concepts then applied them in very interesting ways. I am going to reference this chapter as I progress for information on how to manipulate data I obtain from a database.

Chapter 5, End of Section 1

I just finished up going through chapter 5. It beat to death how to handle user input in different ways. It was very boring, but I did realize I needed to switch over to Visual Basic because the dummies book is written for using visual basic and goes into detail the logic behind where and how you use visual basic.

I am looking forward to the next section that goes into much more detail with how to use a database with your web applications.

Chapter 4 progress: 1

I almost completed chapter 4. I ran into an issue. My book gives instructions in visual basic. I have it set up to run with visual c#. I am having problems validating the date data because my program won't run the VB commands and I don't know the c# commands to make it work. I will have to do some research into c# and get a c# book before I can finish this chapter.

Thanks,

Alex

Progress Update

I got the c# book and found c# to be less useful to me. The dummies book I am using goes into great detail on how visual basic works and how I can use it. I have found that visual basic has many build in functions that make it much more efficient to use, for now, for this class.

Moving forward I would learn c# separately and write and keep a compilation of many good classes and their methods I write so that I can just search them and pop em into my .net work.
Such as data validation methods in a data validation class. But that is a whole other idea altogether.

Chapter 3

So, chapter 3 was short and sweet. It was pretty awesome though. I learned how to create a microsoft SQL database, use tools to create a table for the database, then add the table to the website I created for my chapter 3 project. ( the project is just my hands on work working through the book) Not bad for 30 minutes.

The next chapter I will learn how to do data management. Thats pretty cool, I'm learning in 2 hours how to do stuff with asp.net that took me 1 and 2/3 a semester with java using netbeans. I haven't really learned how to use c#, its all the IDE doing the work, but still, its not bad.

Shows how good my training was with my programming classes.


Thanks,

Alex

Chapters 1 & 2

I just completed chapters 1 and 2. They walked me through installing and setting up my microsoft visual studio and adding components to the tool box. It also had me create a very very basic website that consists of a button that I renamed and changed the background color.

I expect chapter 3 to be much more entertaining. I will post on that when I finish it, probably within the hour.

Thanks

Alex

Crouse Schedule Proposal

The book I am using is set up into 5 sections. Each section has ~ 5 chapters. There are about 13 weeks left in the semester. I figure I will take 2 weeks per section. 3 Weeks extra time at the end, 2 weeks to accommodate any deviations from this schedule and give an extra 1 week for work solely on the final project for this class.

Any thoughts or suggestions on this schedule would be great. Also, the final section is just a set of trouble shooting tutorials that I may not have to work through for this course.

Thanks,

Alex