My recommendation is to not use web forms. I don't care what anyone thinks, just don't use it. Your life will be easier.
Mvc or webapi with some js framework like Aurelia. On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 at 12:45, Greg Keogh <gfke...@gmail.com> wrote: > Folks, I'm creating a non-trivial ASP.NET Web Forms application for the > first time in several years. I have previously suffered from the terrible > problem where I spend more time on formatting and stying than I do on > coding. Sometimes it can take 1 hour to get a single web page working, then > it takes 4 hours to make it look nice. I thought I'd try Bootstrap this > time to ease the burden of styling, but now I'm wasting more time learning > all the conventions and quirks of Bootstrap. This is typical, I find if you > decide to use some "kit" then you usually have to become an expert in that > kit. > > The answer to this problem is to split the development into (1) coding (2) > styling. I have done this twice before, over 10 years ago ... I write a > completely working web site with only the bare minimum formatting and > styles, then later someone comes along and styles it beautifully. > > Is anyone still doing this sort of thing? What do others do to style their > sites with minimum suffering? > > Finally ... Is there anyone in this group who is a styling boffin and > might take a short contract in several weeks time to style my app once it's > near completion? I guess it might be several hours work spread out over a > few days. If you can help, please email me off-list at gfke...@gmail.com, > or phone on 0419-113-543. > > Cheers, > *Greg Keogh* >
