Mike;

Let me first state I am doing a major web application and everything should be taken from that view point. The application I am writing has about 50 forms and as an example one form has 3000 lines of code. I write all my own code. I do not use the DTC's. Our corporate standard is Visual Interdev 6.0 for web development. It has a debugger that works on simple ASP pages. As pages become more complex I have found the debugger is a waste of time.

There are three tabs on Visual Interdev:
1. Design
2. Source
3. Quick View

Once you get a bit of ASP code on your form you will not be able to use numbers 1 or 3 above. Number 1 is useful for seeing layout without saving code. It is also handy to anchor your mouse cursor on an object and open #2 and you will be right at the code for that object.

The source code is presented in different colors which is a good clue if you have a typo, etc. The site map does not work nor does the poroject from VI because I am using a dual 550 mhz PIII computer. There are some known problems with this combination. At home project and the site map work fine - most of the time.

To create a web application I first create a folder under wwwroot and go from there.

I would rather use West Wind and have been to Rick's training class when it was given in San Francisco. Also, I have completed two major applications using Rick's product. ASP will take longer and you will learn a lot. If you are doing this because it is company policy that is one thing. However, if you are doing this as a consultant I do not recommend it. Visual Interdev 6.0 is better than Visual Interdev 1.0, but I would not give you a penny for either one or both.

Tom