[AccessD] Choosing web technology

 > If someone really wanted to learn to fly, I wouldn't recommend they start with an SR-71 either! ;)

OTOH if someone wants to fly, starting by flapping your arms isn't extraordinarily useful either.

;)

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Drew Wutka wrote:
> LOL.  
> 
> True, in a way, but that wasn't my point.  Many 'web developers' (and I
> use that term VERY loosely, and am not talking about anyone I have seen
> on this list...) don't have a clue about how a website actually works.
> They use other people's code, to overcharge their clients in developing
> a system that is all glitz and glitter, and usually is less then stellar
> internally.
> 
> If you get a good grasp of how to use plain old ASP, you should have
> learned, along the way, how a web application actually works.  In my
> book, that is crucial to being a GOOD web developer.  
> 
> Newer technologies really aren't improving on the core processes, they
> are just implementing preprogrammed stuff to give the appearance of new
> features.  For example, with ASP.NET, you have client side
> events...those really don't exist.  It's being accomplished with
> Javascript on the client side.  Yes, a client's browser can have events,
> but the server doesn't know that, and is completely unaware of them,
> unless the client sends them some how.
> 
> Not that I have anything against using something like ASP.NET.  Hey, it
> does have a lot of advantages.  
> 
> If someone really wanted to learn to fly, I wouldn't recommend they
> start with an SR-71 either! ;)  
> 
> It is just my opinion though....
> 
> Drew