So, how can I get started with Internet Programming?

General Internet Programming issues:

So you think this internet thing is going to catch on?

A few things you must understand and have to keep in mind

• Whenever you do Internet Programming you are at a minimum working in a Client Server (2-Tier) environment
• The Internet is stateless. If you are used to network programming, where you have the luxury illusion of a permanent connection to the server, this is the hardest and possibly the most important concept you must understand.
• Internet applications must be scalable. You are not dealing now with a few controlled users in a LAN but potentially thousands or more. Keep that in mind.
• Unless you are programming for an Intranet and therefore have a captive audience, you do not know what type of equipment, and most importantly, browser, your clients will use. Plan your layouts accordingly. Not everyone has your bandwith, memory and speed.

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If you use Visual FoxPro...

• A great book is Internet Applications With Visual FoxPro 6 by Rick Strahl
• You'd really benefit from a Frame Work like Active VFP(free),WestWindWebConnection, Web Server In FoxPro, Active FoxPro Pages, or Fox Web.
• Rick Strahl runs a good Internet Programming related messageboard at http://west-wind.com/wwthreads
• The Fox Foundation Classes, best documented in Advanced Object Oriented Programming With Visual FoxPro by MarkusEgger, has a few neat classes in your ffc\_html.vcx class library.
• One of the issues I ran into is having access to the box that is hosting the Internet. The server has to have the software installed correctly (AFP, WC, etc.) before this works right. -- David L Crooks
• As David says, if you use a VFP web back-end you need a VFP-friendly ISP. West - Wind has a list of friendly ISPs. Here's also a list of ISPs providing AFP services

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I use DNS2Go and host it on my own server in my home. This give me complete control. DNS2Go handles my dyanmic broadband IP so that it operates as if it is static. It can be as inexpensive as $19.00 per year. http://www.deerfield.com to take a peek. -- Grady McCue

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A bunch of answers and information about using Active FoxPro Pages is available at the AFP FAQ.

To mimic the look and feel of Windows XP stylish web pages there are Voodoo Web Controls of EPS Software.

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If you use Visual Basic...

• If you have Visual Studio 6, Visual Interdev is a nice tool. Its look and feel is somewhat similar to VB's IDE.
• Active Server Pages (ASP) are easy to create. As they can use VBScript (VBS) for Server Side Scripting, it should be also fairly easy to code. Just remember that in VBS all vars are variants.

but as VB and ASP are deprecated and obsolete you should move to VB.NET (or C#) and ASP.NET

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Check online guides, tutorials and help sites, like:

WebsitePatterns (a Wiki Wiki web link)

Ht Ml Reference

MSDN online resources

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Contributors: Steven Black Alex Feldstein

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