VB.NET and web applications

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    Do I need a windows server for VB.net to work with web applications?

    I will be starting a project soon that will need a program of mine to connect to a database on my server. I am for some reason under the impression that a linux server wouldn't be compatible.

    And I would have to use .asp to work with vb.net and webpages, correct?
     
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    Can I use this on a shared server? I won't have access to the server settings of course.
     
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    No, mono has to be installed on the server for it to run. Does your database server accept remote connections? If it does then you can run the .Net on a seperate machine (windows or *nix + mono) and call across to the db.

    Be careful with mono as it is a reverse engineering job and so not 100% compatible with .Net - fine if you are used to developing for it or have time to test modules as you build but more of a pain if you are trying to deploy an off the shelf solution.
     
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    Ah, thanks for the advice, I repped you.

    I'm just going to go with a windows server. Hopefully I won't have to learn a lot from its differences with linux servers.
     
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    The 2 disadvantages of .Net/ IIS over *nix/ Apache is that they do not have support for .htaccess and cron jobs.

    Both of these can be partially achieved using .Net and no configuration changes to IIS but to gain the full functionality you need to make changes to the server itself which most shared webhosting wont allow.

    Of cause there are a lot of advantages of .Net over *nix based solutions too but I dont want to start the usual arguements of which is ultimately the better solution. Our developers can use PHP, CFM, JSP, classic ASP & .Net but we exclusively program in .Net for a reason ;) (the next version of PHP however is looking promising so we may revisit that decision)
     
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    Wow, that is fairly disabling to a webmaster...no .htaccess?

    Maybe I won't make the switch after all. I'll just stick to smaller projects until I have the resources to get my own linux server to run the compatibility program with!

    thanks!
     
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    As I said, there are other ways to achieve the results so having no .htaccess doesnt disable a webmaster they simply need to learn how to use the web.config file instead
     
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