Tag Archives: Web Standards

Considering ASP.NET MVC UI controls? Learn HTML and Javascript! 5

Warning: highly subjective content ahead.
In the recent weeks we’ve seen several control vendors come up with toolkits that target ASP.NET MVC. Personally, I don’t see anything that might make me starting to consider picking one of these toolkits to speed up development. Why on earth would I prefer a wrapper around jQuery UI or shoehorning [...]

ASP.NET MVC bridging the gap with PHP development? 1

For a long time, there has been a distinct separation between ASP.NET and PHP developers. The platforms have been so fundamentally different and also have the surrounding cultures. Generally speaking, ASP.NET developers consider the PHP guys script kiddies with no real understanding of ‘real’ software development and the PHP guys saw ASP.NET developers as [...]

How can we make the SharePoint world a better world? 2

Lots of companies are positioning SharePoint as their preferred platform for everything that has to do with the web, both intranet and public facing websites. Now out-of-the-box, SharePoint delivers excellent value, but when building custom functionality or public facing sites, there are some serious issues.
My biggest gripes are:

The whole development experience is awful. Yes, you [...]