Suggestions regarding the .NET tool to use for project

Question

Hi,
I need to develop a project that needs to have a Ticker and an AdRotator, apart from some button controls and a banner.

I have two options - ASP.NET and Windows Forms.

With Windows Forms, I've been able to develop the Ticker, but I don't know how to develop the AdRotator.

With ASP.NET, I'll have to develop Ticker using AJAX, whereas the AdRotator is already present.

The software is to be used as a standalone. I'm thinking of using Windows Forms for the development so that the requirements for the end-user is only the .NET Framework and not ths IIS plus the deployment would be easier. What should I use for the development?

If you suggest Windows Forms, please throw some light for the development of AdRotator.

Note: I don't have any knowledge on AJAX and I don't have much time for the development. Is it possible to develop the Ticker using some other technology other than AJAX ?

Answer 1

I'm confused...asp.net is for the web, windows forms is for client (ie desktop). Which one you choose should be based which environment you intend to deploy to.

You also mention a banner, which leads me to believe it is almost certainly a web based project, so you should use asp.net

Answer 2

The software is to be used as a standalone. I'm thinking of using Windows Forms for the development so that the requirements for the end-user is only the .NET Framework and not ths IIS

If you use ASP.NET the only thing the user will need is a browser, which everyone already has. If you go with Windows Forms, how will you distribute and update the application?

Note: I don't have any knowledge on AJAX and I don't have much time for the development. Is it possible to develop the Ticker using some other technology other than AJAX ?

You could always use javascript to refresh the page at regular intervals, although it may not be the most pleasant of user experiences.

Based on the requirements you have described, I think a web based solution will be more than capable of providing a good user experience.

If you do decide to go with ASP.NET (or any other web framework) you will want to check out jQuery and jQuery UI. If you haven't used these frameworks before they may take a litte getting used to, but if you are a proficient programmer it should be fairly easy, and once you know how to use them, writing a ticker and an ad rotator will be trivial.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

For the ticker control in ASP.NET you should check out the ASP.NET control gallery. Also, ticker control should not be that difficult to implement. Check out the following link:

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