My thoughts at this link (although I have a bunch of updates ): <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com/resources/CFMXASP.cfm>
I agree with you about the amount of post-back code relied on for interaction; I hate it. It goes against my theories on good coding practices. I will say that you do not have to use the web forms or controls to code within .NET. I would assume that when the author said that using .NET (or ASP.NET specifically) allows the programmer access to the entire machine he meant the server, not the client. But, I don't have enough experience to say yes or no either way. I have heard from one person having serious problems in production environments because of web forms; and quite a few people who have had no noticable performance degradation. At 04:05 PM 8/9/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Subject: ASP.net thoughts >From: Marlon Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 12:19:03 -0700 >Thread: >http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=messages&threadid=9348&forumid=5#86057 > >I've just finished my ASP.net book and what I've come away with is: This >seems >like kludge, at least on the GUI side. > >The book I read raved on about how the abstraction of the HTML was so >wonderful. > I really don't understand how <asp:label runat="server" text="hello"> is any >better or easier that <span>hello</span> . I know that there are more complex >tags, but it seems to me that it's nothing that can't be done with >dhtml/javascript. > >I'm amazed at how much post-back was relied on for interaction, especially >when >you consider that keeping viewstate increases page sizes immensely when >using so >databound controls. I'm thinking that a lot of this interaction could be >accomplished with javascript (qforms) and require less traffic and have a >better >response. > >I do think that using ASP.net on the backend might be useful, but I'm still >convinced that Flash remoting would be a better interface for the GUI. The >methods that ASP.net uses to simulate a fat client just seem to be so much >kludge, it seems that its bound to make inefficient interfaces. > >Another thing that caught my attention was when the author said "using the >.net >framework allows the programmer to access the entire machine". Is this >something that we really want given Microsofts security issues in the past. >Will this open up more machines to successful hacking attempts? I'm not >enough >of a systems programmer to know this, it just perked up my ears when I read it >though. > >Marlon -- Jeffry Houser | <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- We Provide The Soundtrack to your Web: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> -- Far Cry Fly's CD Release Party on September 6th at Q-River in Wallingford Energetic Acoustic Rock: <http://www.farcryfly.com> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
