This week I'm in Boise, Idaho teaching ASP.NET. So far so good. My comments on ASP.NET are at the bottom of this post.
First, on my way back home from french classes in L.A., I wandered around Beverly Hills checking out how rich people live. My finds were quite something; amongst other things I found a store that sold old first edition and signed copies of books. The average price of the books I picked off the shelf was in the neighborhood of $300. I suppose if you have a lot of money, you've got to find ways to spend it.
Back to Boise - this is an amazing little city. I'm quite surprised by its big/small traits. There are lots of outdoor cafes in the downtown. I ate some excellent Italian food tonight (a lot for me): Minestrone and Calimari. Oh, and it was real Italian; my waiter and the cooks were all Italian.
The Archivist presses onward - I'm in a loath full stage as far as the story is concerned but I'm too far to quite. It's bad and good at the same time.
Last thing on a light note: Philip Glass never ceases to amaze me. If you like music and are ready for a journey, check out Itaipu. My recording was done by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and cost me in the neighborhood of $8 from Amoeba (ignore that nasty font on the homepage). I like it as much as I like my first Glass album, Koyaanisqatsi.
Music that should be heard in the dark...
Now the programming stuff, so the uninterested can jettison before getting there:
One thing to underscore about the .NET framework is that it provides many powerful controls for the regular work of the web developer. This power manifests itself in three ways:
1. Tasks are automated, making them faster.
2. Controls have finely grained properties.
3. Controls are customizable.
A good example of this is the ASP.NET DataGrid. It allows for rapid building of data driven web pages and automates paging, modifying and sorting of data. Another control that offers this same functionality in a different way is the DataList.
Here is an excellent tutorial on editing with the DataGrid. If you hate the way it looks, just create a template. There are a slew of tutorials on DataLists as well. Have fun!
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