aspLite update
I’m near to complete a first release of aspLite. There is still some documentation to write. And that will no doubt result in a few optimizations and fixes.
What started off as a light-weight ASP/VBScript framework (a bit of an empty box though), turned into a very exciting ASP Ajax formbuilder, facilitating feature-rich SPA’s (Single Page Applications).
The new demo is such an SPA, including 24 different forms. Some are expecting user-input, others are just delivering dynamic content.
These past few days I started to realize that developing such SPA’s is much more complex than building web applications the more “classic” way, with plenty of response-redirects to rebuild tables and parts of the GUI. It’s obviously more complex to build Ajax-driven apps. Hence the need for a framework.
Because things can get complicated very quickly, I made sure to include a "basic" example that most ASP/VBScript will quickly be able to understand (including me).
If you did not have the chance to have a closer look at aspLite, make sure to do so and download the current version from GitHub. Please report any bug or share any feedback! I'd love to work towards a first release in the coming days.
- Pieter says: (15/05/2020 19:19:58)It's a WRAP! Today I have released aspLite v0.1.0 - https://github.com/aspLite/aspLite. These past 7 weeks were amazing. I have learned quite a bit about JavaScript frameworks, their potential, but also their limitations. One thing has become very clear to me: there will always be some browser-compatibility issues when using any JavaScript library. A bit of a browserwar cannot be avoided as it seems. That said though, JavaScript frameworks and libraries are there to stay. The rise of JavaScript development frameworks (driven by Google, Twitter and Facebook) this past decade has made that very clear.
Being able to combine them with a solid server-side technology like ASP, puts a web developer in an even stronger position. When it comes to database-integrations or file-sharing, solid server-side security is indispensable. With aspLite I have found a way to position myself between the popular JavaScript frameworks on the one hand, and a solid server side framework delivering secure applications on the other.
Because make no mistake: JavaScript frameworks are extremely prone to security breaches of all sorts. It's not because ajax calls do not expose parameters in the address bar of a browser, that they are secure. They never are actually. JavaScript frameworks always need to be implemented with care, and with serverside security in mind. And that's not always obvious, to say the least.
Anyway, enjoy aspLite!
