web net app and Atlas questions

8 Sep 2006 9:14 AM

MPA

Hi,

I am a newbee to web applications and we are planning to rewrite our
existing PowerBuilder client-server application into a web application under
Visual Studio .Net 2005. My question is about Atlas.

1. Does Atlas only enhance programming with ASP .NET or can sometimes be an
alternative?
2. We have only small resources, look for stability and do not want to
rewrite our app each year or every two years due to the technology changes
alone. Where can we expect the most stability in coming years?
a) server side programming (c#)
b) client side scripting (JavaScript)
c) ATlas
d) none
3. What is by your experience a percentage of resources spent between 2a)
and 2b) or does it exclusively depend on the application and the
functionality we have to achieve?

Thanks,

Miroslaw

8 Sep 2006 1:53 PM

Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer)

"MPA" <miroslaw***@pf.pl> wrote in message
news:e0Llwcy0GHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I am a newbee to web applications and we are planning to rewrite our
> existing PowerBuilder client-server application into a web application
> under
> Visual Studio .Net 2005. My question is about Atlas.
>
> 1. Does Atlas only enhance programming with ASP .NET or can sometimes be
> an
> alternative?

Atlas allows for asynchronous data updates (AJAX = Asynchronous JavaScript).
It is not a replacement.

> 2. We have only small resources, look for stability and do not want to
> rewrite our app each year or every two years due to the technology changes
> alone. Where can we expect the most stability in coming years?
> a) server side programming (c#)
> b) client side scripting (JavaScript)
> c) ATlas
> d) none

JavaScript is unlikely to change much, but client side driven apps (web
apps, that is) is not the easiest to debug. I would stick with server side.
Ajax (Atlas, or otherwise) is useful for enhancing the UI.

> 3. What is by your experience a percentage of resources spent between 2a)
> and 2b) or does it exclusively depend on the application and the
> functionality we have to achieve?

I have used Atlas in limited ways. I think many, if not most, of the
implementations are viewing Atlas/Ajax as a panacea. Thus, many of the
implementations are bad.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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