Dreamweaver and VS.NET difference 1

[oldwen]

Hello fellow developers. I have a question about some basic development. I have been developing ASP apps in Dreamweaver for years now, and I am beginning to transition to VS.NET. I am somewhat confused on how this is done. Let me ask some basic questions here.
1) In Dreamweaver I can set up a remote connection to a public IP and FTP all my files up as I build them or change them to my website. How do you do this in VS.NET.
2) In Dreamweaver, I can use a file check in check out, does VS.NET have a similar feature.
3) Is there any basic advise you can give me for a transition of this nature.

Thank you all in advance.

 

[Veep]

1)Here's a good article on deployment.

http://www.15seconds.com/issue/030806.htm

You could also mirror the local site with Dreamweaver and selectively "Put" files.
2)You would use Visual Source Safe or any number of 3rd party source control tools.
3)Decide on a language, get some good ASP.NET books and read as much as you can.
The benefits of the VS.Net IDE are too numerous to mention but I can tell you that Dreamweaver doesn't support Code-Behind, meaning that code and presentation are mixed on the same page. It doesn't do any compiling for you so if you wanted to build a custom control you'd need to manually compile it, create a bin directory and move it there. The list goes on...You'll save yourself a lot of headaches if you go with Visual Studio.NET and the answer to every conceivable question is either here or Google. Good Luck.

 

[BoulderBum]

Something I can add about 1) is that you not only have the option of XCopy deployment and FTP, but there's also an option in VS.NET (Project->Copy Project) that lets you upload via the menu.