Confessions of an asp.net developer.
1. I’m just as lazy as the next developer, I want to see something up and running in the first 15 minutes of development. I like code snippets.
2. I like using tables.
3. My css tends to be unorganized and messy. I’m still waiting for an editor than will put #regions in css.
4. I use themes, and then hook them up to css which in turn is already messy and hard to find. I end up using CTRL-F in locating a SkinId and/or a CSS file.
5. I still like Dreamweaver better than the split view of VS2008, man is that slow.
6. I still don’t understand the licensing agreements set by Microsoft on its development tools like Visual Studio. But then again, who does?
7. I still prefer using user-controls just because it has UI implementation.
8. I will not hesitate in refactoring legacy code even though the code is working so that I can better read it. I will delete comments I deemed unnecessary. I find the three slash comments, “ /// “ already as “code noise.” The lesser and better structured comments the better. I hate the copy-and-paste legacy code design pattern.
9. Graphic Design background really helps in transitioning to asp.net web design and development.
10. Third-party controls disguising themselves to be free controls should be ***-slapped.
11. I use certification exams as a starting point of establishing my baseline knowledge of a Microsoft technology, not as an end result or as a validation of skill. That is so far only true because there is the second shot promo. So far, this has worked for me.
12. I wrote a lot of recyclable code specially client-side scripts.
13. Working for a company makes you complacent in testing a website for just a single version of a browser. For better or worse.
14. It’s just embarrassing to forget just what were you thinking when you wrote that piece of code 3 to 6 months ago.
15. I will improve UI first prior to coding. Programming makes me excited. Documenting makes me reach for my 4th cup of coffee just to keep from falling asleep.
