A geeky way to play ....
I love exploring unfamiliar software. I admit that I have been told more than once to RTFM! It is simply more fun to see if I can figure it out on my own. Anyway, good software should be somewhat intuitive. (That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!)
Apparently I missed an announcement a few months back, where Mighty Microsoft actually decided to offer some simplified versions of popular web development programs for free. Cool Beans! So, I now have Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual C#, Visual J#, SQL Server Advanced 2005, and Visual Web Developer ... all express versions ... all legal ... licensed ... and good for updates till at least next spring (then they will re-evaluate the whole thing). So, I loaded the web dev and have begun to play. I haven't gotten far enough into it to be able to tell you too much, but I have started customizing things without too much difficulty. They have a board in the MSDN area for picking up tips and tricks, and I will likely try there to figure out the things I want to do. Cool, huh?
Anyone else want to play? http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vwd/
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- g1rlg33k
- I am endlessly fascinated in the life around me. One of my favorite lazy-day activities is kicking back with a book. I tend to bop between several books-in-progress, mixing fiction and non as the mood strikes me. It is so awesome when the book mix doesn't appear to have anything in common on the surface, and yet, I see connections between them, or in the world around me, based on the range of ideas I am juggling.