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Great response. Thank you. <br />
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I had a feeling it was going to workout to putting in my 10,000 hours before I could be considered an expert. <br />
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After 5 years I've done that, and learned a lot, but I certainly don't feel an expert by any stretch. More like qualified programming hack. LOL. <br />
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I really want my development processes to be much more efficient. So I'll just keep working at developing better object oriented code that I can drop in where it's needed.<br />
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&quot;Heheh. If you do it right, that's exactly what you should have...though I suspect I know what you mean.&quot;<br />
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I know, right? &nbsp;I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that I just gave you credit for JavaScript code to be implemented in an ASP.Net/VB.Net web app. &nbsp;;^)
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I’ve been programming in ASP.Net, VB.Net for over 5 years. Within my projects I’ve incorporated pieces of code from AJAX, and JavaScript etc. They work, but I feel like my “coding” &nbsp;is more like pieces and parts that have been patched together. <br />
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Questions:<br />
1. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is it normal to patch different types of code together in order to solve different problems and create a complete solution, or generally speaking, is there a more elegant way to handle things strictly using ASP.Net and VB.Net?<br />
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2. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So many solutions seem to use JavaScript. Is this language that best fills in the limitations of ASP.Net and VB.Net? Has move functionality come with C#?<br />
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3. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I’ve bought and gone through plenty of books, but I always seem to run into “the next step” scenarios and problems that aren’t covered. What do I need to do to get to the next level where my coding is greatly improved and I have a much better grasp of it all?<br />
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Not looking for an easy solution, just some direction. Any advice would be most appreciated. <br />
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Thanks,<br />
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JB
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I’ve been programming in ASP.Net, VB.Net for over 5 years. Within my projects I’ve incorporated pieces of code from AJAX, and JavaScript etc. They work, but I feel like my “coding”  is more like pieces and parts that have been patched together. 

Questions:
1.	Is it normal to patch different types of code together in order to solve different problems and create a complete solution, or generally speaking, is there a more elegant way to handle things strictly using ASP.Net and VB.Net?

2.	So many solutions seem to use JavaScript. Is this language that best fills in the limitations of ASP.Net and VB.Net? Has move functionality come with C#?

3.	I’ve bought and gone through plenty of books, but I always seem to run into “the next step” scenarios and problems that aren’t covered. What do I need to do to get to the next level where my coding is greatly improved and I have a much better grasp of it all?

Not looking for an easy solution, just some direction. Any advice would be most appreciated. 

Thanks,

JB

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