What are the top 10 tips for making web sites for school projects with ASP.NET?

Here are some tips. They apply to all languages and frameworks though. 1) Decide why you to use Asp.Net(or any other framework). Here are a few ways in which you might decide. Is it mandatory?(Most probably it won't be unless you are studying in India). Do you want to learn the technology? If so then go ahead. Does the technology provide any feature that is useful in implementing the project? Are you under a deadline to complete the project? (Asp.Net is well known for RAD) 2) Concentrate much on your database. Always remember that data outlives the application. SO if your database design is good(it will never be perfect) half your worries are over 3) There are a lot of Javascript libraries out there. Now if you are well acquainted with Asp.Net then you can use them to make life simpler. If you are new to asp.net then I would suggest to try and use asp.net features first for your minimum viable project(v 1.0), then start integrating with javascript libraries. 4) It is always a good practice to move most of your business logic to database using stored procedures, triggers(never actually used them), and constraints. 5) Try to do as much validation as much as possible in client side. 6) Since you mention project, the main motive is to learn. So experiment. Try to find different kind of attacks that can be done, and how can you prevent them. 7) The main power of asp.net is the framework and Visual Studio. So take time and get well acquainted with them. Try to be as object oriented as much you can afford. 8) Do a proper research on what do you intend to do in the project, and what kind of plugins, modules, libraries you would require. Possibility is that many of them would exist. Check NuGet Gallery | Home. 9) Try to understand the design patterns that go well with asp.net like Inversion Of Control, Dependency Injection, Singleton, Lazy loading, Repository. Concentrate much on app design (both UI/UX as well as architechture). 10) And last but not the least learn how to use Code repository(version controls) like SVN, GIT, Mercurial. This has a two fold advantage. You will get acquainted with them. read less