Ask YC: Are there *any* startups using ASP.NET?

Post by falsestprophet » Tue, Nov 20, 2007, 7:40 PM UTC

tx wrote: post #8

There are plenty of startups using ASP.NET or Java-based tech. In fact most companies started by "business types" are .NET/Java because they are easier to find disposable coders for. You don't see as many .NET shops here because most posters are (a) young, (b) non-business types, and they had a chance to pick a technology. Most went with something dynamic and Linux-based. We did too. We're on RoR, despite having tons…

Post by cellis » Tue, Nov 20, 2007, 7:48 PM UTC

dbrush wrote: post #31

ivankirigin wrote: post #4

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What are the benefits? What is bad about it?

After trying a few different languages .NET was definitely the fastest outside of C/C++. I didn't feel like learning C++ and then having to build a homebrew everything on top of it. My history is primarily ECMAScript, so it was very easy for me to pick up C#. Going between ActionScript 3 and C# constantly is a breeze. I couldn't imagine going between say.. Lisp and ActionScript 20 times a day. It would be such a detr…

Post by jimbokun » Tue, Nov 20, 2007, 7:51 PM UTC

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #28

iamelgringo wrote: post #11

I'm finishing a survey of web development technologies class. We've covered everything from PHP to Perl + CGI, classic ASP and ASP.NET, and JSP. I spent this past summer learning RoR, and I plan on picking up Django next summer. [non-flame-bait personal opinion] And, I have to say that I came to a strong dislike for ASP.net. In fact I was carrying a 4.0 until this ASP.NET project. I disliked it so much, I didn't fini…

I'll jump into the flames -- what the heck. The problem isn't ASP.NET: it's probably the way you were taught how to use it. The Microsoft tools do so much crap that it's like being put into a room full of levers and knobs with cryptic labels on them. Hard to know where to start or how to make things work. Sit down with somebody who is using one of the automated DALs (like NetTiers, NHibernate, CSLA, etc) and knows wh…

Post by DanielBMarkham » Tue, Nov 20, 2007, 7:53 PM UTC

jimbokun wrote: post #36

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #28

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I'll jump into the flames -- what the heck. The problem isn't ASP.NET: it's probably the way you were taught how to use it. The Microsoft tools do so much crap that it's like being put into a room full of levers and knobs with cryptic labels on them. Hard to know where to start or how to make things work. Sit down with somebody who is using one of the automated DALs (like NetTiers, NHibernate, CSLA, etc) and knows wh…

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Post by mrtron » Tue, Nov 20, 2007, 7:56 PM UTC

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #29

mrtron wrote: post #27

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We also use Code Generation software that builds all the CRUD methods automatically. I can understand what would bring you to using a code generator, but the examples I have seen in practice are not good. I think code generators show there is something fundamentally wrong with the language/framework.

So the use of standard abstractions and conventions in something like a DAL show a lack of what, exactly?