ASP.NET Design Resources

[Guest]

I am new to programming and have been studying C#, ADO.NET & ASP.NET for the
past year or so. However, I lack any and all artistic ability. Would anyone
be so kind to point me to some resources and ideas for helping with creating
a more esthetic looking web site using ASP.NET in Visual Studio 2005?
Examples would be how to effectively utilize tables, panels, and/or any other
tools or resources on creating the graphical aspects of my ASP.NET
applications. I would rather not take a deep dive in this subject, but I
would like a little more knowledge than the extreme basic looking pages that
are presented in the tutorials of the books covering the languages and
technologies.

 

[clintonG]

There's lots of picture books at Barnes & Noble about website design. Those
picture books are informative and help illustrate the aesthetics of page
design. The technical requirements of page design require the mastery of
HTML, CSS and JavaScript which is used for client-side processing of the
Document Object Model. You will also want to learn about using Microsoft
Ajax Extensions which is basically client-side JavaScript used to update the
page or manage data on the page without having to send the entire page back
and forth from the server.

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[Laurent Bugnion [MVP]]

Hi,

I am new to programming and have been studying C#, ADO.NET & ASP.NET for the
past year or so. However, I lack any and all artistic ability. Would anyone
be so kind to point me to some resources and ideas for helping with creating
a more esthetic looking web site using ASP.NET in Visual Studio 2005?
Examples would be how to effectively utilize tables, panels, and/or any other
tools or resources on creating the graphical aspects of my ASP.NET
applications. I would rather not take a deep dive in this subject, but I
would like a little more knowledge than the extreme basic looking pages that
are presented in the tutorials of the books covering the languages and
technologies.

Now's the time for you to learn CSS ;-) Go to your next library and
spend time browsing through CSS tutorials. Playing with CSS will
increase your sense for design, and it's really fun to play with too.
Most CSS books I saw also teach about basic design concepts, so it would
be wise to pick a book which underlines this aspect in a way that
appeals to you.

Have fun
Laurent