> 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.
Curious: What are those theories? > > 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. He means the server machine. > 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. As with most things, one must be judicious in the use of a feature. > > I really don't understand how <asp:label runat="server" > text="hello"> is any > >better or easier that <span>hello</span> . Although the label tag is fairly useless, it is nice to be able to change the text in the label on the server side. > > > >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. If need be, you can store viewstate in places other than the page itself. Also, Which book did you read? A lot of the ASP.NET books out there stink. > >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. Flash remoting is not a 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. Again, being judicious in the use of web controls is the key. > > > >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. Server machine... server machine... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
