Visual Studio Vs Pure Coding

[deedivs]

Hi,
In my web-development team, we work with a team of designers who give us the HTML templates to add the asp.net coding into. With ASP.NET, would you suggest doing the code or use VS.NET?Is VS.NET any good for real life scenario?Also, can we make changes to the html UI using VS.NET i.e drag& drop a textbox etc??

 

[checkai]

You can make changes within the HTML in Visual Studio. The thing I like best about it, is the code-behind pages that allows you to do vb coding with the aid of intellisense...

I find it pretty slick to use vs.net, however, i haven't done simple asp.net coding without it.

dlc

 

[BoulderBum]

One of the reasons for the code-behind model is that it allows you to hand the .aspx file to the artists to work with, letting the web developer worry about the code-behind.

 

[deedivs]

Thanks BB,

So we change the way of work right?Earlier it was design UI then send to program. Now it is program the logic, then do the design!!right?...
so where does the drag & drop UI og VS.NET come in the pic? Do we use it to create a skeleton form , so that the code gets autogenerated?

 

[Dimandja]

You can drag and drop any of the supported web controls, the same way you do it for window forms. The same code behind those controls will be generated as usual.

As far as changing the way we work, I don't see that. You can continue to do it the way you like.

 

[BoulderBum]

Now it is program the logic, then do the design!!"

As long as you know what controls are going to be on the page, you can both work on your files at the same time. For instance, if you knew you needed 2 TextBoxes and a Button, you could drag them onto your form quickly, hand the .aspx file off to your artist to re-position/ make pretty, and you can be working on the code-behind WHILE that's going on.

As Dimandja said, you don't need to change the way you work at all if you don't want to, but ASP.NET allows you to take the above approach to be more productive. Coders no longer have to wait on the designers to start their part of the project and vice-versa.