More work frolics

[nadriel]

Well, got another interview for a different company on the 29th- need to learn ASPs by then, as apparently there'll be a test based on that.

9 days to learn basic ASP...should be doable :-)

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[brindy.livejournal.com]

piece of piss for you mate

[dodgyhoodoo.livejournal.com]

If *I* can learn the basics in a day, you're sorted.

[nadriel.livejournal.com]

Why is it that everyone else seems to have a higher estimation of my skills and the like than I do...?

[scorpionchild.livejournal.com]

Good luck with that my dear. It will give you something constructive to do instead of reading and watching films and playing on your computer!!

Also the need to expand your skill base becomes more pressing as the thought of living in a cardboard box under a bridge somewhere because you can't afford your rent becomes more imminent!!

Good luck in the interview, although we will of course speak before the 29th! Keep me informed on progress, and we'll speak soon. :o)

[dainul.livejournal.com]

so, why did you spend the past two hours on WoW?

[nadriel.livejournal.com]

Because I wanted to, and because I'm not going to spend all day every day for the next 9 days learning.

[haroeris-astrum.livejournal.com]

Classic ASP or ASP.Net?

[nadriel.livejournal.com]

Well, the job ad mentioned both, so...

[haroeris-astrum.livejournal.com]

Ok, Classical ASP can be summaries as merely HTML that has server-side tag <%> and the directive #includes. Classic ASP itself have three objects with a small about of properities which are Request, Response, and ServerVariables. That's it but ASP.Net would take a lot longer to describe.

[nadriel.livejournal.com]

Well, apparently, the test involves writing a small page to insert things into an Access database, so any tips you have on that would be welcome...

[haroeris-astrum.livejournal.com]

Ok, that sounds like one of the pages on damn-them dotcom. It is ASP.Net code, written in VB. It adds values from input boxes to an Access database (on the damn-them server) and sends out an autoresponse email... I'll need an email address to send it to you.

[nadriel.livejournal.com]

The one in my userinfo should still work, I believe- mphorton @ discordia.eclipse.co.uk

[haroeris-astrum.livejournal.com]

I've emailed it - tell me you do not receive it.

[nadriel.livejournal.com]

Got it, thanks!

[haroeris-astrum.livejournal.com]

If you have any questions then just give me a shout. Of course, a classical ASP solution would be different but the mechanics are unsurprisingly the same.

[johnwordsworth.livejournal.com]

I have NEVER understood why any company would choose ASP or ASP.Net over PHP. It's proprietory, unstable (unless written exactly as they expect you too) and it costs a shed load of money to setup your servers appropriately. Even Tomcat's better than ASP - grrr.

As I've always said, there's programming, scripting, and then there's [visual] basic.

Anyway - yeah, I'm sure you'll have no problems picking up the basics. ASP is incredibly straight-forward - database access is simple and there are a thousand and one tutorials on the net for it. It's a little less obvious with .NET, but you've already got an example of that I guess - so meh.

I guess as long as you know how to do the usual 'insert / update / delete' requests, with corresponding forms for the actions, I would imagine that's all they would expect you to actually KNOW. I mean, anything else you would usually code, you'd at least have MSDN next to you as a function reference.