Have you ever used a different framework?
I started my web development career on asp.net but now that I have experience with django I wish to never see another line of asp.net code again.
Re:Ask HN: Why do you use framework X?
by ScottWhigham on Tuesday August 18, 2009 @12:59PM
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I did ASP prior to ASP.NET but nothing but javascript and HTML prior to that so, no. I do use jQuery outside of ASP.NET/.NET if that matters. I've debugged code in other languages but no dev.
I've heard this comment from others before - but alas, I cannot echo it as I haven't had experience with anything ASP or .NET related.
Not an uncommon sentiment though.
http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/
Was sold in less than an hour of reading.
I'm a Microsoft guy and have been for 12+ years. When .NET Framework came out, that's just what I went with.
Was your ultimate choice made simply because the framework was the defacto in your language of choice?
No, I chose it because it was going to be popular in the MSFT community and, as a consultant/trainer for MSFT technologies, it's my job to know those things.
Assuming you're sufficiently experienced in framework X now, what are your regrets? What makes the other frameworks look like greener grass?
No regrets - it's "good enough". And nothing makes other frameworks look better to me. I can see how they look better/interesting to others but, for me, I'm happy with the .NET suite of tools/languages.
If you could start your project over again, would you chose the framework again?
Yes.
Did you choose framework X secretly because you just wanted to learn it?
I sort of answered this already - chosen because it was destined to be popular with my clients. At the time (2000), MS was putting tons of weight behind the marketing campaigns for .NET Framework and C# so you knew it was going to be supported. And, after coming from Visual Basic 6.0 and ASP, looking at the .NET Framework and ASP.NET - it was easily miles ahead of what we were currently able to do without .NET.