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I am fairly good at general web design/HTML/SEO - everything like that - but had never really looked at the asp/scripting thing before - now i have promised my self i will do it - and am making headway - but since i have never coded in VB (or any programming language before) - the general principles are hard to learn and it makes tutorials/books on the subject a serious challenge to learn, as they rely on programming knowledge...
my first task is to have mailing list on an under contruction page - which adds the record to a database - now this is easy enough to do - i hear you say - but i am already hitting big trouble...
firstly - i want to use MSDE - as we will hopefully be using SQL server on the hosting - so it makes sense for building and testing.
Anyway - i have so many questions - is there a resource that explains much of this - in Visual Studio - that requires no prior VB knowledge - or that might be of help?
I'm afraid you need to learn to dance first before competing in a match ;-)
You can use 3rd party software for your mailinglist so you can hit the books quickly.
Good Luck!
use 3rd party software
Download a ready made script that does what you would like to have and then pick it apart. Fine tune it so it ends up the way you want it.
Not only will it give you a quick start but because you know what you want for this particular application it will make it much easier for you to understand how it was done and set you on your way to coding from scratch.
Good luck and patience.
