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What a trip down memory lane (no pun intended)! Rest in peace, my WYSIWYG friend. It was a rough ride bringing VB to the web. There was VB Active Server Pages,
by this_steve_j 3y ago
What a trip down memory lane (no pun intended)! Rest in peace, my WYSIWYG friend.
It was a rough ride bringing VB to the web. There was VB Active Server Pages, then VB.NET Webforms, which did not always produce the most performant or secure UI code. It was like an ornery bronco in the age of industry.
The concept of Viewstate was interesting and probably looked great in demo applications, but it was ultimately not the best way to avoid writing JavaScript. Sometimes it could be tamed, but for the sly cowboy, ruby on rails was the king of RAD.