> There is no such thing as "event driven" programming. > > All event driven programming, everywhere, is fake. It's an > abstraction created so that humans can model the world > better, and to solve certain problems.
Well, sure, but the illusion seems less illusory on a desktop than in a web application. Thus, I submit that it makes for a more useful model for desktop applications than for HTTP applications, where the request-response model sticks out like a sore thumb. I'm not sure that this abstraction allows humans to model the world better, though; what is the equivalent of a GUI application in the natural world? > If we consider a web page to be another GUI (which it is), > then it can make sense to have an event model for that page. > It turns out that ASP.NET is not the first to do this. > Netscape, in fact, started it with JavaScript. The > difference being, JavaScript deals with the event on the > client machine. ASP.NET deals with the event on the server. Yes, a web page, by itself, can be thought of as a GUI. But there's a critical difference between the web page (the stream of HTML that the user receives) and the program that generated that page. It's not all of a piece, and treating it as if it were may add unnecessary complexity if you already know how web programming works. > I find this remarkably handy. I can create a page with a > search interface. I have two search buttons. One uses the > criteria on the page. Another searches everything. > > I then click on the search w/ criteria button (the button > raises an event that calls a method). The page does a > search with criteria (the method is run). Now, I click on > the search all button. The page does a search all. Nice and > tidy. No if statements that try to figure out which button > I pressed. I frankly don't see this as any simpler than just using the if statement. I think that if I were more of a desktop programmer, I'd be all over ASP.NET, though. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
