Stuart, The out of box ASP.NET controls in v1.1 are really quite shocking.
The out of box ASP.NET controls in v2 are XHTML compliant. (However this doesn't mean they are semantic.) However, the webforms concept (which uses all these drag n' drop controls) isn't very good when it comes to the separation of concerns approach that you're after. You probably want to look at the MonoRail project - http://www.castleproject.org/ which is basically a .NET version of Ruby on Rails. This is the framework used behind my sites like http://www.viavirtualearth.com/ which are semantic, compliant XHTML sites. Thanks, Tatham Oddie Fuel Advance - Ignite Your Idea www.fueladvance.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart Sherwood Sent: Tuesday, 27 September 2005 10:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WSG] Java (JSP) v .net for standard and accessibility I have been lucky enough to work with a very experienced java programmer on the last few sites I have designed. I do all the front end, he does the database, application, CMS, security and e-commerce development. The experience has been very pleasurable because of the degree of separation we have achieved between the front and back ends that allows me to make the sites fully standards compatible. Any dymanic content spits out pure content with the bare minimum of markup necessary. I'm wondering how .net compares as I haven't had the chance yet to build a site with it? Regards, Stuart Sherwood www.re-entity.com ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
