I know this is a big question.
I am moving a large legacy work management system that provides estimates, bills of materials, etc. from VB6 to ASP.NET. I have some experience with ASP.NET and am comfortable working in it, but I'm still on the learning curve.
Should I consider using a code generator to help with all of the data access and data maintenance screens? I have tried a couple and they appear to save a lot of time by creating stored procedures, business and data acccess layers, basic data management screens, etc. I have tried Ironspeed Designer and Code OnTime.
What about a CMS? It looks like it would help with management of drawings, user maintenance, skins, etc. I am looking at DotNetNuke and I see I would have to write modules for my work management system. I don't know if I am missing the idea. Is a CMS just for content management or should I try to build a sophisticated appli ...
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