.Net tutorials of the same caliber as JavaEE "first cup" tutorials...Do they exist?

Question

My company has a large web application with over 1 million users, all written in classic ASP, and it is getting rather long in the tooth. We are trying to decide between moving to Java, or to ASP.Net, and moving to an object-oriented style. There are lots of good entry-level tutorials for JavaEE, like their First Cup tutorial that takes the user through building a web-services oriented application, but I can't find anything of similar depth for .Net.

About all I can seem to find are tutorials demonstrating basic dynamic web page functionality, and don't go anywhere near using ASP.Net with an object-oriented MVC paradigm to develop a more complex web application. Does something like this exist for ASP.Net, or is it really so much easier to develop a complex application with JavaEE, where their entry tutorial builds a web-service driven application, than it is to do a similar thing with ASP.Net?

Answer 1

You could start at the web site www.asp.net. It's got good "getting started" and "learn" sections with tutorials and videos. Additionally some of the starter kits (http://www.asp.net/community/projects/) are quite good to look at as well. They are full projects that have been deployed in large production environments so they will provide valuable samples and insights.

Some articles you might find of particular interested if you are trying to architect a site in .net is the model view controller design pattern, and master pages. www.asp.net also has good ajax, data access tutorials and others as well as forums.