JavaScript features available in .NET 2.0?

[Rob R. Ainscough]

Has anyone compiled a list of JavaScript features/functionality that is now
available directly (aka code behind) in .NET 2.0 web apps?

For example the Screen object or the document object?

I'm doing my best to NOT use JavaScript, but I'm finding that difficult with
..NET 2.0.

Thanks, Rob.

 

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

Hi Rob,

I don't have a list, but I think you'll find that most of the sophisticated
controls in ASP.NET 2.0 emit JavaScript for one purpose or another. You
might want to experiment with forcing ASP.NET to render the down-level HTML
for its controls to see if there's less JavaScript in that mode.

Nowadays, it's pretty hard to use the RAD controls without getting into
client-side code.

Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]

 

[Marina Levit [MVP]]

You can't have a good user experience in the browser with just serving up
HTML without javascript.

And a lot of things are just impossible to do without javascript, so it has
to be done whether or not you like it.

Javascript is your friend. Sure it is interpreted, not type safe, etc. But
it is also very powerful, and really allows you to make your application
very usable.

 

[Mark Rae]

You can't have a good user experience in the browser with just serving up
HTML without javascript.

And a lot of things are just impossible to do without javascript, so it
has to be done whether or not you like it.

Javascript is your friend. Sure it is interpreted, not type safe, etc.
But it is also very powerful, and really allows you to make your
application very usable.

I couldn't agree more.