Is ASP.NET outdated?

Hi all, I just wanted to hear other peoples opinion with regards to how/if outdated ASP.NET is.

ASP.NET (and ASP.net 2.0) is based on framework from 2000. It was a great stride forward at that time, the other popular option at that time was jsp/ejb. Since that time a major paradigm shift caught on, specifically ajax and Ruby on rails. The most important I feel is the positive effect open source now has on a framework.

Open source use to conjure memories of shotty shareware/freeware programs on my first computer; a c64. Its completely different now, instead of a few people at deciding what should be in the next version, the community as a whole can effectively vote by choosing which modules to use. I feel that this allows for some rapid evolution. If I dont like what the asp.net framework is doing, or even try to understand why its doing what its doing, I'm basically SOL; i just have to work around the problem. Hell, I went through a lot of pain to figure out how to set up my machine to debug through the framework in c#. Regardless, I cant just change the framework as I see fit; and then post it to the community to be told I'm a genius or stupid.

Sure ASP.NET AJAX now allows AJAX. Correct me if I'm wrong here but its far more expensive than other frameworks. It seems like there is a lot of complexity to get ajax to work in the asp.net framework. This complexity doesn't exist in other frameworks. Not to mention there seems to be some quirky issues with asp.net ajax (which might be my fault due to improper use).

Thoughts?


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: .net 3.5 ajax deployment problem
    ... Executable path should be your framework directory. ... core Ajax doesn't work. ... I created basic web site that have only one webform in VS 2008. ... if this is the case you may need to install framework ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet)
  • Re: Is ASP.NET outdated?
    ... Stick with the open source stuff, ... positive effect open source now has on a framework. ... You can look at the Castle Project for a good example. ... of complexity to get ajax to work in the asp.net framework. ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet)
  • Re: Is ASP.NET outdated?
    ... positive effect open source now has on a framework. ... of the web developers need ... You can look at the Castle Project for a good example. ... of complexity to get ajax to work in the asp.net framework. ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet)
  • RE: [PHP] wxWidget/.NET like framework for PHP ?
    ... with rich client interfaces using AJAX. ... The goal of this framework is to provide the possibility to write ... In this case, Application::Runcreates a context on the client (IE, ...
    (php.general)
  • wxWidget/.NET like framework for PHP ?
    ... I am currently thinking about a php framework dedicated to web applications ... with rich client interfaces using AJAX. ... In this case, Application::Runcreates a context on the client (IE, ...
    (php.general)
Loading