Challenges for ASP.Net Developers

The power of JavaScript has been acknowledged for years by developers worldwide. The ability to create a powerful application online using JavaScript is very appealing since this will allow users to access applications in various places in many gadgets.

The latest versions of mobile phones can easily use browser full featured websites which includes JavaScript based applications. An online application created with JavaScript will allow users to access important applications without having to install anything in their mobile phones or computers.

While the thought of creating a JavaScript based application is appealing to many developers, a developer focused on ASP.Net may not be able to cross to JavaScript easily. There are some challenges an ASP.Net developer should face before fully adopting JavaScript.

The Three Challenges

The following are challenges ASP.Net developers should go through when implementing JavaScript based applications:

Coding practices - ASP.Net, like any programming language, uses manual coding in developing a specific application. The use of stable and well known programming languages in ASP.Net has allowed developers to create applications that can be easily secured, light and easy to implement.

But this coding practice may not be realized in JavaScript. A big part of the learning process in JavaScript is in learning to secure the application. The coding practice of JavaScript is also loose which means a developer can create smart functions without going with the popular format.

Implementation on Browser - As already indicated, ASP.Net is already an established programming language. This means the functions attached on ASP.Net that can connect online can be implemented without any problem. Almost any browser created can read functions of ASP.Net

This situation is not the same with JavaScript. Developers have to be aware that some functions will never be read by various browsers. A good example is IE wherein many DOM functions in JavaScript can't be read. The varying interpretation of DOM by browsers can easily discourage a developer since he or she has to create various workarounds just to implement the application in various browsers.

Development Tools - because JavaScript is practically an open programming language, tools that can be implemented in JavaScript may not be universally accepted. There are certain functions created that might not be read by your tools. A good example is the debugging tools you can find online. Many of them are free but implementing them in special codes can be difficult.

The Good Side of JavaScript

But not everything about JavaScript is bad for ASP.Net developers. The challenges that were previously indicated can be actually addressed by changes made around JavaScript. No changes were exactly made on the programming language but some developers around the programming language have made the development of JavaScript easier for ASP.Net developers.

The biggest improvement ASP.Net developers can enjoy from JavaScript is the constantly improving frameworks and libraries. Popular frameworks and libraries for JavaScript allow developers to create applications with browser incompatibilities addressed. Frameworks can be used to build applications with little coding required while libraries offer functions that can be used in creating a JavaScript application.