ASP.NET is a great. I've used it since it's existed (coming from what is now called "Classic ASP"). I think the HN intolerance towards Microsoft / zealousness

ASP.NET is a great. I've used it since it's existed (coming from what is now called "Classic ASP"). I think the HN intolerance towards Microsoft / zealousness for Apple is showing here. Certainly .NET isn't for everyone, but I don't think "is not a good web development framework" is justified. Check out http://nancyfx.org/ http://nancyfx.org/ if you're looking for something more lightweight than the full ASP.NET / IIS stack.