Re: There has to be a better way to develop web applications.

Hello,

first of all. Using .NET and ASP.NET does not tie you to MS OS. There's also
open-source implementation for non-MS OS's
http://www.mono-project.com

Otherwise it is somewhat true. The term jungle has increased a lot,
however.NET is a effort to better as it ties APIs for these things together
in the Framework. If you try to do the same with previous versions of MS
technologies, you'd need to install tons of separate libraries such as
MSXML, MDAC (though .NET requires certain version too but that usually
exists with newer OS's).

Your example of XML being overhead is also true,. However there are
alternatives such as binary serialization, remoting etc etc. So iut's also
case.specific, not just always generally a problem.

It's a large topic to discuss but I understand the pain.

--
Teemu Keiski
ASP.NET MVP, AspInsider
Finland, EU
http://blogs.aspadvice.com/joteke


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