About Chris Expertise I can answer pretty much any question relating to VB.NET and its use in a Windows environment. I can also handle most questions using C#. I specialize in ASP.NET web development and MSSQL database access, but have some stale knowledge of the old ASP - I'd prefer to avoid questions about it.
Experience I have over 5 years of industry experience using VB.NET and other .NET technologies for web and database development.
Education/Credentials I have some college education, but does it really matter in this field of work?
Expert: Chris Date: 8/28/2007 Subject: asp.net or win app
Question Hi
I wanna design a program for an office that will have a network in future. do you think designing it as ASP.NET 2 would be better or Windows application? Now, there is no Network and they will share data by backuping and restoring in Nodes. Is it usual to write applications with ASP.NET for small network applications with SQL Server?
Thanks
Answer It's totally possible to do it with ASP.NET, and might be easier for the end-user to deal with. If you're more familiar with web development than windows development, it's definitely the right choice. You can use the free SQL Express Edition for installation on client machines, and there's a miniature version of IIS called Cassini which you can also redistribute and install on client machines, to run your ASP.NET app. As for whether it's usual, no, it's not very common, but there's no reason why it shouldn't be done, and a few projects have started adopting the idea of an ASP.NET "runtime" installation to to speak.
