Cheryl wrote: Its biggest advantage as far as I'm concerned is that if you have a designer and developer working together the designer doesn't have to even see much less be able to mess up the code when working on the page.
Scott wrote: Hmm, OK. Wondered about that. I've got VS.NET 2003, but due to exigencies of current projects, etc. haven't explored it. So, basically, it's analogous to embedded javascript versus linked javascript, except that the external reference is made inline instead of in the <head>? Tim adds: Cheryl's point about separation of tasks is one pushed by Microsoft, but I think it's probably a rare instance where developers aren't putting in the design elements themselves (i.e. probably only a really big company might have separation of tasks). Scott, your analogy is very close - with the usually overlooked but important aspect that the "linked" code is *strictly* code (the code-behind page, no HTML), and thus can be (and is) compiled, with all the usual relevant goodies available (strong typing, compile-time checking, debugging, speed, etc.). That being said, I haven't really used .NET much yet other than simple playing around, and being a Notepad webbie guy from way back, still find it very difficult to think of web pages and sites in an object-oriented way. OOP makes perfect sense for a Windows app - it runs and runs and keeps running until the job is done. Web apps are different - post, push, done; post, push, done - there's no real application continuity (and that's the way it's supposed to be). I think in general .NET for webs ties the browser to the server much more tightly (i.e. onClicks hit the server) and I'm not convinced that's a good thing. I've worked on one web app here at my new job where a former programmer wanted to move the focus from a select box to a text box after a selection was made - and ended up putting in a crazy freebie .NET page of code that hits the server and reloads the page, rather than using just a line or two of JavaScript on the client side to move the focus. Tim _____________________ Tim Furry Senior Systems Administrator English Language Acquisition/Planning, Assessment and Research Denver Public Schools 303.405.8163 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: unknown lmsubst tag argument: '' To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
