The Poker Nerd


LAMP, AJAX…ro-sham-bo!

Posted in asp.net, dotnet, asp classic, javascript, html strict, html, phpmyadmin, COM, apache, mysql, php, wordpress, ajax, xhtml, ro-sham-bo, css, programming by The Poker Nerd on the November 3rd, 2007

I used to be a web developer.

Even as I write that, I don’t believe it. For about four years during the late nineties and early naughties, I worked exclusively developing COM components for use behind ASP pages. But, when I made the jump to the dotnet universe, I also jumped back to building desktop applications. I learned the rudiments of ASP.NET back in 2001, but never used it professionally. Six years later, what I learned is both faded and obsolete.

I’ve never really accepted that I’m not a web developer anymore. This site is a perfect example of that. Currently, it’s just a blog, but I’ve always had an eye towards making it a fully-functional website with a front page, articles and everything.

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