The webforms tag has no wiki summary.
2
votes
3answers
308 views
Is ASP.NET MVC too much overhead for smaller projects? [closed]
I will be honest I don't really know much about MVC other than the stuff you can read online in 5 minutes. Unfortunately this doesn't really tell me whether its suited to smaller projects or not.
I ...
0
votes
1answer
64 views
Flexible authorization design in ASP.NET pages?
I'm developing an ASP.NET webforms application with pages which displays information based on the authorization level of the authenticated user (very typical). I will write a simple example of the ...
0
votes
1answer
53 views
Automating form error handling
I'm not sure if I'm being clever or making things more difficult. I'm working within a custom MVC framework, and within some of my "views" which contain forms I'm preserving input and styling errors ...
0
votes
0answers
29 views
DSL enabling users to reference forms and records to display?
There are three main "unique" components to my system:
Visual form builder (AngularJS backed);
generates an id
CRUD automatically available for it at /form_type/id
"Aggregate page"; with a form ...
-1
votes
1answer
82 views
Suggestion on how to fill a web form (several times) [closed]
I need to fill a form using data from a CSV file. I was planning to use CURL+PHP to do it, but then I realized the form has several steps (one on each page), plus it uses javascript to fill hidden ...
1
vote
2answers
1k views
Design pattern for an ASP.NET project using Entity Framework
I'm building a website in ASP.NET (Web Forms) on top of an engine with business rules (which basically resides in a separate DLL), connected to a database mapped with Entity Framework (in a 3rd, ...
0
votes
3answers
1k views
ASP.NET Web Forms is bad, or what am I missing? [closed]
Being a PHP guy myself I recently had to write a spider to an asp.net site. I was really surprised by the different approach to ajax and form-handling.
For example, in the PHP sites I've worked with, ...
4
votes
1answer
184 views
Drawbacks of using pure html in webforms? [duplicate]
I'm maintaining an ASP.NET Webforms 4.5 application for a few months and frankly i'm fed up with server controls. So i switched to pure HTML and Javascript for front end, when creating new content (or ...
4
votes
1answer
3k views
Dynamic form builder forms and database design? [closed]
Say your users can create their own web-based forms (textboxes, selects, etc) and publish them on the web for their users to fill out.
Does anyone have a resource or any advice on how to architect ...
0
votes
0answers
364 views
How to Implement Complex Form Data?
I'm supposed to implement a relatively complex form that looks like follows, but has at least four more pages requiring the user to fill in all necessary information for the tracks:
This data will ...
6
votes
2answers
2k views
What is the difference between PHP and ASP.NET Web Forms in page size?
I plan to program web applications for small companies. When I read about ASP.NET Web Forms, I liked its way of building dynamic sites.
However, I have heard from a friend that Web Forms could ...
8
votes
3answers
333 views
Does the lack of states on HTTP make the protocol unfit for modern applications? [closed]
I changed from PHP to ASP.NET, now I’m working with webforms in a somewhat large company. I given some though and research to back my impressions on ASP.NET webforms and I came to the conclusion that ...
0
votes
2answers
316 views
Which asp.net technology fits this situation best?
I think I can count WebAPI out, but WebForms, WebPages, and MVC are all possibilities.
I want to create an asp.net web site that is primarily static content and links to other sites. The only ...
2
votes
1answer
678 views
Newbie ASP.NET developer being forced into MVC4 with WebForms
I recently got hired on as a new ASP.NET developer (C# code behind). When I arrived, I was told that they were moving to MVC 4, and so I bought two books on that. However, the other day I learned ...
1
vote
1answer
152 views
Good resources for a MVC.Net developer going back to WebForms? [closed]
Well it looks like I may be forced to build a new system in webforms after having worked exclusively in MVC for the last 3 years.
Initially I didnt think this was going to be a problem except the ...
2
votes
1answer
2k views
Should I implement BackBone.js into my ASP.NET WebForms applications?
Background
I'm trying to improve my group's current web app development pattern. Our current pattern is something we came up with while trying to rich web apps on top of ASP.NET WebForms (none of us ...
1
vote
1answer
190 views
multi-clients web application,should I use custom user controls or a common user control
Say my company is going to build a complicated asp.net web form education system. One of the module is web based registration. To make it flexiable, we decide to use user control(ascx) with ...
1
vote
1answer
249 views
How can I bind an interface to a class decided by an xml or database configuration at the launch of the application?
I'm re-working on the design of an existing application which is build using WebForms. Currently the plan is to work it into a MVP pattern application while using Ninject as the IoC container.
The ...
17
votes
7answers
3k views
ASP.NET Webforms developers and web designers: how to interact?
I'm an ASP.NET Webforms developer, and I face some problems when I deal with designers.
Designers always complain about the asp.net server controls. They'd rather just have an html file and create ...
2
votes
1answer
2k views
Alternative way of developing for ASP.NET to WebForms - Any problems with this?
So I have been developing in ASP.NET WebForms for some time now but often get annoyed with all the overhead (like ViewState and all the JavaScript it generates), and the way WebForms takes over a lot ...
7
votes
3answers
7k views
Best Architecture for ASP.NET WebForms Application
I have written an ASP.NET WebForms portal for a client. The project has kind of evolved rather than being properly planned and structured from the beginning. Consequently, all the code is mashed ...
1
vote
4answers
415 views
Where should I insert data into the database?
I am making a pretty standard PHP sign up form that will validate the data the user entered and then redirect to a page with a success message. I would like to store this data in a database. Should I ...
1
vote
1answer
713 views
use of script tag in different position of page [closed]
I found that sometimes the script don't run properly when I add script tag in the head section. But when I add script right before the ending tag of body it works fine.
What is the difference between ...
2
votes
3answers
286 views
Usage of repository between EF model and code consumer
I have binary data in my database that I'll have to convert to bitmap at some point. I was thinking whether or not it's appropriate to use a repository and do it there. My consumer, which is a ...
0
votes
1answer
671 views
Model View Presenter for WebForms and Winforms
I have a windows forms project using the Model View Presenter pattern and would like to build a web forms project on top of the same MVP structure.
The windows forms project knows nothing of ASP.Net ...
20
votes
5answers
23k views
Should we use Entity Framework?
We currently have the following stack :
VS 2005
Web forms
SQL Server 2005
IIS 6
We are planning on transitioning to this :
VS 2010
MVC and Web Forms
SQL Server 2008
IIS 7
My question is, when ...
2
votes
2answers
679 views
Obtaining the best of both worlds: MVC and WebForms
Rather than asking a general question about WebForms vs MVC (such as in ASP.NET v/s ASP.NET MVC), I have a specific quesiton.
It appears the main differences between the two approaches are
WebForms ...
3
votes
3answers
703 views
What workflow do you use with asp.net web forms development and your design department [closed]
I work at a place that has a clear separation between designers and developers. We're a fairly new start-up and we're trying to figure out what would be the best workflow for our team. We're a small ...
93
votes
20answers
76k views
When to favor ASP.NET WebForms over MVC
I know that Microsoft has said
ASP.NET MVC is not a replacement for WebForms.
And some developers say WebForms is faster to develop on than MVC. But I believe speed of coding comes down to ...
