January 2010 Entries
I’m not really sure I need to blog this, because if you read this blog and not Scott Guthrie’s I’d be very surprised, but Scott just posted about technical debates, including WebForms versus MVC. Worth a read, including the comments.
I’m a big fan of RedGate’s tools, and their next little one has hit beta. SQL Search provides a quick and simple way to search for, and through, objects on SQL Server and is invaluable if you have a large number of objects. It’s fast, unobtrusive and works really well. Go give it a try.
The post could equally be about me, given my lack of content recently, but clients, lack of time and general apathy all play their part. However, what I really want to say is mostly explained by the title, that of the future of WebForms, in particular that they have a future. A lot of what we read in blogs, articles, etc is MVC related and that’s fair; it’s still relatively new to the ASP.NET arena, and new and shiny always gets press; WebForms had lots of coverage when it was released – it was “A Big Thing”. Those that blog...