I am just getting started working on some small, in-house web projects for our work group. These are within the corporate fire-wall, about 10 users or so. Question: The video tutorials on this site show a pretty simple, straightforward way of hooking up a SQl database, master pages, etc. On the other hand, the on-line or PDF tutorials show a much more complex method with what looks to be a lot of hand coding. Leaving aside the standard "It depends on what your're tryingto do" answer for the moment, and given the situation outlined above, is there a reason to go with the all the hand coding as opposed to the drag and drop methods?
I appreciate your opinions and advice!
It depends on what you're trying to do... :)
Drag and drop should be fine, especially for one-off apps that may never be updated. As you gain in your skill set, you'll find where you need to modify your process.
Jeff
I would agree that drag and drop is best to get started as that is what i did. Then once the control is there you can modify it a little more each time. For instance in a gridview maybe format some fields or add hyperlinking.
One caveat is that I had issues with update/insertion working with drag and drop. Also keep in mind that a three tier approrach is best for scalablilty but for under 20 users you can just go straight to the sql. The point of 2.0 and on is ease of development.
Good Luck
It will be much faster to create application if you know how to hand code. However, in my experience, Drag/Drop was a quick and easy way to get started. In about 2-3 weeks, I found my self hand coding since I needed more control over what I was trying to do. Try dragging the controls on to your form, changing settings, then reviewing the code for what you did.
