Hand coding?

[Webforumz Staff]

Is anyone hand coding ASP.NET or is everyone using VS.NET and webmatrix?

Can you even hand code .NET? Isn't .NET compiled?

[Webforumz Staff]

It's compiled the first time the script is run by IIS. You can write it in just Notepad but I'm wondering how many people do...

I have an add-in for Homesite that adds C# and ASP.NET programming support but haven't played with it much. VS.NET annoys me though cause I don't like being forced into code behind and the extra code VS adds, but I do like the autocomplete.

[Rob]

Code Behind is always the best way to go, because of the UI and code seperation. It's a far better coding practive to use, than not doing so for reasons of code reuse, scalability and other factors.

I share you opinion about VS.NET adding stuff.... it pisses me off.
It like frontpage 97 revisited Not that I ever used it for anything other than making large tables.

[Webforumz Staff]

Yeah, if VS just had a few configuration settings then I'd be happy with it. Aside from the extra stuff I also hate having to use Design view to add components to my code. I'd much rather drag a control right into my page code.

I just want to code up my HTML in Homesite then bring it into VS for the asp.net coding. Isn't that supposed to be one of the cool things about codebehind in the first place? I don't want my HTML being all messed around as soon as I open Design view in VS to drop in a label control.
:mad:

[Rob]

Yep!!!

Get's me everytime too. i hate the damn expanded / closed sections of code (i think it calls them regions) that get added... needless stuff from MS again... I thought they would have learned their lesson with frontpage 97 (Which incidentally put the entire serious developer community of Frontpage) which changes everything... Front Page 2000 and XP aint so bad, and come in quite handy for me when I want to do big tables... I always handcode ASP... but .NET I'm afraid I'm stuck with VS.NET for now, till something else comes along.