Comments on: ASP.NET Sucks Huge Balls, And I Hate It http://www.biggleszx.com/2010/01/asp-net-sucks-huge-balls-and-i-hate-it/ Observations on life, tech and web design from a slightly misanthropic mind. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:13:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: $50,000 Homestead Exemption | Gables Mavens http://www.biggleszx.com/2010/01/asp-net-sucks-huge-balls-and-i-hate-it/#comment-4644 $50,000 Homestead Exemption | Gables Mavens Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:13:49 +0000 http://www.biggleszx.com/?p=138#comment-4644 [...] make sure to use Internet Explorer if you plan to file online. They got that .asp thing going. Computer programming geeks everywhere are boiling at the blood right [...] […] make sure to use Internet Explorer if you plan to file online. They got that .asp thing going. Computer programming geeks everywhere are boiling at the blood right […]

]]> By: Brian Simonsen http://www.biggleszx.com/2010/01/asp-net-sucks-huge-balls-and-i-hate-it/#comment-4569 Brian Simonsen Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:19:08 +0000 http://www.biggleszx.com/?p=138#comment-4569 What few developers seem to grasp is this: MSSQLserver is FUCKING EXPENSIVE Yur point and click bullshit app pretty fast ends up costing the company 10s ofthousandofdollars a year ! What few developers seem to grasp is this:

MSSQLserver is FUCKING EXPENSIVE

Yur point and click bullshit app pretty fast ends up costing the company 10s ofthousandofdollars a year !

]]> By: andre http://www.biggleszx.com/2010/01/asp-net-sucks-huge-balls-and-i-hate-it/#comment-4477 andre Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:57:46 +0000 http://www.biggleszx.com/?p=138#comment-4477 Asp.net is killing my business. Programming in code-behing goes very well, as long you don't have to interact with the 'HTML'. I will take many hours, night to get a project done. Asp.net is killing my business.
Programming in code-behing goes very well, as long you don’t have to interact with the ‘HTML’.
I will take many hours, night to get a project done.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.biggleszx.com/2010/01/asp-net-sucks-huge-balls-and-i-hate-it/#comment-4238 Kevin Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:51:59 +0000 http://www.biggleszx.com/?p=138#comment-4238 I feel your pain. I'm a real bastard child - I develop in Coldfusion. My company decided to go the .Net route about a year ago (for political reasons as well) and I've been forced to develp in C#/.Net. Not a day (more like a minute) goes by that I don't think to myself "I could be doing this faster and better" in Coldfusion. What makes people think .Net is superior? What kool-aid are they drinking? I'm also learning from a "seasoned" .Net developer and find his inability to produce decent code outrageous. I got to get ahold of that koool-aid because I'm going crazy without! Good to hear there are others. I feel your pain. I’m a real bastard child — I develop in Coldfusion. My company decided to go the .Net route about a year ago (for political reasons as well) and I’ve been forced to develp in C#/.Net.

Not a day (more like a minute) goes by that I don’t think to myself “I could be doing this faster and better” in Coldfusion. What makes people think .Net is superior? What kool-aid are they drinking? I’m also learning from a “seasoned” .Net developer and find his inability to produce decent code outrageous.

I got to get ahold of that koool-aid because I’m going crazy without! Good to hear there are others.

]]> By: omar http://www.biggleszx.com/2010/01/asp-net-sucks-huge-balls-and-i-hate-it/#comment-3918 omar Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:41:17 +0000 http://www.biggleszx.com/?p=138#comment-3918 What I hate about ASP.net is that half the controls work great, and the other are backwards and lead you on a goosechase for hours. In some ways, ASP/PHP is better because there is no black box and if you actually know what you are doing with HTML/HTTP/JS, you can do it logically without jumping through invisible hoops. What I hate about ASP.net is that half the controls work great, and the other are backwards and lead you on a goosechase for hours. In some ways, ASP/PHP is better because there is no black box and if you actually know what you are doing with HTML/HTTP/JS, you can do it logically without jumping through invisible hoops.

]]> By: John http://www.biggleszx.com/2010/01/asp-net-sucks-huge-balls-and-i-hate-it/#comment-3479 John Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:45:36 +0000 http://www.biggleszx.com/?p=138#comment-3479 I certainly don't share your bias towards open source. I rather like SQL server and Visual Studio, both of which have free entry level versions which do a lot. And you can use MySQL with .net if you realy want to. That said I'm completely with you about asp.net. I've been developing in classic ASP for years and just about everything you say about .net vs php applies equally well to .net vs classic. I'm aware of all the reasons why the framework is more robust that the Active X components which classic uses, and how it uses the server more efficiently, but in classic asp I can assign a value to a variable at the start of a page and use that variable inside a "do while...loop" statement. Trying to do something similar with the .net repeater control is a nightmare. And as you said about PHP, Classic ASP can be edited in notepad, which is really useful when all you want to do is open Remote Desktop and tweak one line code in one file. I'm basically repeating much of what you've said, but I thought you might be interested to know that similar views are held within the Microsoft "tribe" I certainly don’t share your bias towards open source. I rather like SQL server and Visual Studio, both of which have free entry level versions which do a lot. And you can use MySQL with .net if you realy want to. That said I’m completely with you about asp.net. I’ve been developing in classic ASP for years and just about everything you say about .net vs php applies equally well to .net vs classic. I’m aware of all the reasons why the framework is more robust that the Active X components which classic uses, and how it uses the server more efficiently, but in classic asp I can assign a value to a variable at the start of a page and use that variable inside a “do while…loop” statement. Trying to do something similar with the .net repeater control is a nightmare. And as you said about PHP, Classic ASP can be edited in notepad, which is really useful when all you want to do is open Remote Desktop and tweak one line code in one file. I’m basically repeating much of what you’ve said, but I thought you might be interested to know that similar views are held within the Microsoft “tribe”

]]> By: Darknite http://www.biggleszx.com/2010/01/asp-net-sucks-huge-balls-and-i-hate-it/#comment-3204 Darknite Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:38:46 +0000 http://www.biggleszx.com/?p=138#comment-3204 Strange, I'm a commercial asp.net developer, and I use it for all my personal development too. In some projects I've used PHP mixed in. I have to say that the current project I'm working on (large scale app) I've created custom controls, and class libraries, and they are an absolute joy to work with. The entire architecture is modular, everything is dynamic. The code-base is very very clean. In order to add new functionality I simply chain modules together. The result is a very fast and stable high performance web application (handling million+ records in real-time) . Further I have also embedded a micro language into the SQL output, e.g. the data can drive the way a table actually functions. An-way these are tools, and a bad developer will produce bad site in any language. A well designed & architectured solution in asp.net scales massively and is very robust. But sadly a lot of people don't write well designed sites in any language! Strange, I’m a commercial asp.net developer, and I use it for all my personal development too. In some projects I’ve used PHP mixed in. I have to say that the current project I’m working on (large scale app) I’ve created custom controls, and class libraries, and they are an absolute joy to work with. The entire architecture is modular, everything is dynamic. The code-base is very very clean. In order to add new functionality I simply chain modules together. The result is a very fast and stable high performance web application (handling million+ records in real-time) . Further I have also embedded a micro language into the SQL output, e.g. the data can drive the way a table actually functions. An-way these are tools, and a bad developer will produce bad site in any language. A well designed & architectured solution in asp.net scales massively and is very robust. But sadly a lot of people don’t write well designed sites in any language!

]]> By: Michael http://www.biggleszx.com/2010/01/asp-net-sucks-huge-balls-and-i-hate-it/#comment-3080 Michael Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:32:47 +0000 http://www.biggleszx.com/?p=138#comment-3080 I managed to run into this post while trying to solve my "form within the server form doesn't submit" issue. While your article didn't answer my question, it was a nice break from all of the technical articles that half-explain the issue. Anyway, it's nice to know that I'm not the only one who finds ASP.Net a bit backwards (at least at first glance). I managed to run into this post while trying to solve my “form within the server form doesn’t submit” issue. While your article didn’t answer my question, it was a nice break from all of the technical articles that half-explain the issue. Anyway, it’s nice to know that I’m not the only one who finds ASP.Net a bit backwards (at least at first glance).

]]> By: owen http://www.biggleszx.com/2010/01/asp-net-sucks-huge-balls-and-i-hate-it/#comment-3066 owen Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:59:06 +0000 http://www.biggleszx.com/?p=138#comment-3066 dude ASP.NET will plague you FOREVER. wait until you have to code something in a repeater block. nothing but hacking all day and night. MS seems to love forcing their so-called standards on people. Standards which change EVERY version. dude ASP.NET will plague you FOREVER. wait until you have to code something in a repeater block. nothing but hacking all day and night. MS seems to love forcing their so-called standards on people. Standards which change EVERY version.

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