.NET Versus Other Approaches

As in life, there is no single ultimate truth in software development. The choice of the software development tool depends perhaps to a larger degree on personal preferences and past experiences of the members of the development team. How many times have you met a weathered COBOL developer whose credo is, “Why learn new tools when everything I need could be done in COBOL?”

Despite the inevitable bias creeping into any technology comparison discussion, side-by-side technology analysis can reveal many interesting facts and make the task of selecting an appropriate technology easier. In this section we take a look at several competing web application development technologies, including legacy technology from Microsoft ...

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