Charles, thank you very much for the recap.

I thought I needed somewhat more understanding of the server side, or rather a workable framework, so that I could concentrate on the client side. I hesitated to "go pluralsight" too early without having a good grasp of server side that's why I explored, to the best of my knowledge the only walktrhough in vb that is at this stage my "mother tongue". For what it's worth the MVC concept appeals to me. If I'm right, model and control would not be a big deal for me, so I can concentrate on View, where the client side programming would be actually be located.







>I think jquery is very cool and I am just at the learning stage myself, but I am impressed with the wonderful resources out there to help learn. The jquery website itself is great and really does not require any .net infrastructure. I would suggest also going through all the knockout.js stuff as that seems the be the answer for any kind of data-binding.
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>I am always suggesting Pluralsight as it just seems to me to be the best investment for both time and money I have seen in the 30 years I've been in this business. They have excellent training for jquery, html5 and pretty much everything else you need to know to tie it together. The MVC4 (and MVC3) courses are very good but my favorites are the John Papa courses on the combination of jquery html5 and knockout. Shows how to use an MVVM pattern with the view models written in jquery and he shows how to use a lot of the other jquery libraries that are helpful.
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>Also remember there are sites like fiddler where you can try out jquery in an interactive environment.
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>Here are some links I've found very helpful
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>These first three are essential and for the cost of a month of Pluralsight ( get the full package that gives you source code - it is worth 10 times the cost ) you have training that is as good as anything I've ever seen.
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>http://pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/knockout-mvvm
>http://pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/spa
>http://pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/jquery-fundamentals
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>http://www.johnpapa.net/building-single-page-apps-with-knockout-jquery-and-web-api-ndash-the-story-begins/
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>http://jsbin.com/welcome/1/edit
>http://knockoutjs.com/
>http://www.jquery4u.com/
>http://www.w3schools.com/jquery/default.asp
>http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler/help/video/default.asp
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>>As always, Charles, thank you very much.
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>>In fact and to be honest, I'm exploring MVC more because I hope to get an environment that will allow me to understand client side (JQuery based) development. I doubt that I will do a lot in .net in the future, my teammate seems to be very php oriented. From what my teammate tells me, the difficulty is not in the server side (in our environment) but rather in the client side, as we intend to move our vfp based system to the net.
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>>Our environment is characterized by its microscopic size in terms of volumes and number of teammembers (we are 2 developers). Our existing system was succesful because it was customer tailored, and I was lucky (I now know) to have developed it in VFP. Our requirements make it necessary to go web now, mostly because the business has evolved.
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>>I have found that to get operational in PHP and then get some knowledge of the client side was a bit too much for me to chew, so I thought I'd get something working at the server side (in .net, and VB) so as to allow me to focus on jquery, and yes I know, Wizmo will be next.
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>>Any light you could shed on my conumdrum would be very welcome.
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>>>>I started exploring MVC3 with this site http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/getting-started-with-aspnet-mvc3/vb/intro-to-aspnet-mvc-3. I started with VB.
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>>>>I would now like to use C#. Is there a way to indicate that to VWD (2010 Express)?
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>>>I seem to remember some of the express products actually had a separate version for VB and C#
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>>>Normally in VS all you do is make sure when you start a new project you select from the C# templates. If you don't see them, it may be that you need to download the templates.
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>>>If there is a VWD 2012 I'd suggest getting that. Based on VS 2012 it may be a lot faster and more stable.
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>>>Good choice switching to C#. You won't be sorry.
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>>>(oh and I think now you want to start with the MS Web Platform installer that is a gateway to getting all the components you need)