Re:Ask YC: Are there *any* startups using ASP.NET?
by johnb on Wednesday November 21, 2007 @06:02AM
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I found that ASP.NET was a good stop off point between writing desktop apps and writing web apps.
All the event handling logic and the postback thing meant I could bring most of my desktop thinking across and be productive immediately. The problem I had was once I had been working on the web a while I realised the abstractions were broken but the framework didn't leave me anywhere to go.
Re:Ask YC: Are there *any* startups using ASP.NET?
by hello_moto on Tuesday November 20, 2007 @03:05PM
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Better solution depends largely on how your brain works. Some people brain map better with LISP, some work better with OOP/Java.
And, I think that you hit the nail on the head about abstracting everything out for me. In the short ammount of time, I just couldn't grokk it, but I knew I didn't like it.
It seemed like ASP.NET was a purposefull movement away from typical web development. And, I'm sure that Microsoft was trying to fix problems that they say with typical web dev.
I just think that there are better solutions out there than ASP.NET. But, if you're a windows guy and used to coding in Visual Studio, and you can already use the languages that you are used to, it might be a really good idea.