Some ASP.Net Pitfalls to Know About
ASP.Net, the server-side Web application framework, which is exclusively designed for Web development as well as production of dynamic Web pages, has gained a lot of popularity of late. However, the framework is not absolutely without the blues. There are a lot of factors that keep on cropping up while using ASP. NET and these factors can well be stated as pitfalls of ASP.NET. Hence, it is necessary to be well informed about these disadvantages as that will help the developers in the long run. Let us discuss some of these drawbacks.
Cost
A standard .NET development team comprising of three to four developers requires a comprehensive setup along with licensed version of all the major server-side software packages to run things efficiently. Naturally, it will involve a fair amount of cost and hence, companies which have just started operating with a shoestring budget many at times do not find putting up an ASP.Net set up due to financial constraints. However, one can control the financial problems by using certain development tools that come free of cost. Some of these tools include C# compiler.
Restricted control over HTML
The outputs from HTML generally do not succeed in complying with the web standards or when it comes to making a formidable use of CSS or Cascading Style Sheets. Server controls also generate unpredictable as well as complex values of ID, which are hard to access by using JavaScript.
A Large amount of data in ‘view’ state
This application framework brings in a huge amount of data in ‘view’ state, thus frustrating the site visitors to a large extent. Besides, this phenomenon also results in slower and lazy response time along with increasing the bandwidth demand of a particular server.
Leaky Abstraction
Web forms have a tendency of hiding HTML and HTTP whenever it is possible. As and when the users try to implement various customized behaviors, they quite often result in considerable abstraction, and this forces the users into using more traditional post track methods when generating a desired HTML.
Limited Testing Support
The firmly coupled or paired architecture of this application framework is considered unsuitable when it comes to unit testing as well as integration testing.
An extremely complicated page life cycle
A majority of users are unable to use the page life cycle in an effective way, just because it is pretty difficult controlling the runtime hierarchy or when it comes to finding a proper event handler for an execution.
Besides, though the page life cycles of this application are well documented, the presence of too many events makes it extremely hard for the developers to spot out the exact place and process of implementing the codes.
It is not suitable for web RAD
ASP.Net is an extraordinary platform for Windows application development. Still, it tends to lack in terms of competence while making the web behave like WinForms. For users who are looking to web-enable their .NET based clients or applications ASP.Net is the best answer. Again, for those who are designing a prototype of any social networking site, the framework is just like a curse. It simply doesn’t work.
Apart from all these issues, the ASP application framework is often plagued by other relatively less important or minor issues like when the users click on the ‘back’ button of the browser, it might not every time take them back to the earlier stage or level. Also, updates on the dynamic pages can at times cause a substantial amount of trouble for the users, especially while bookmarking a particular application state.
In spite of all these shortcomings, the application framework enjoys a considerable extent of popularity amongst the developers and programmers, due to its amazing capacity of encapsulating the markups of a page or a part of it and rendering it successfully in a dynamic way. You can get in touch with a custom .net development company who can help you develop web apps that are stable, scalable and secure.
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