What do you miss from classic-asp days that is not available in asp.net ?

Question

Many of us have come from classic-asp background and eventually picked up asp.net for better. But I miss many features from classic-asp that are not available in asp.net. Like, I don't get complete control over the markup renderred to the client in asp.net wherein in classic-asp it was possible.

What are those features you miss from your classic-asp days ?

PS: This question is tribute to original classic-asp that once ruled the world.

Answer 1

You used to be close to the HTML and javascript was easy to integrate.

Yes, MVC does all of this better, but not web forms.

Answer 2

you absolutely do have complete control over what gets rendered to the browser.

perhaps if you were more specific about what is rendered incorrectly you would get much better help, but any asp.net control can be replaced with your own, or your can override Render event. Whatever leaves that event, is what makes it to the browser.

you can also utilize everything asp had in its arsenal (Response, Request, Application objects with the same methods still available)

Answer 3

• Multiple forms on a single page. ( i know you can do it in 2.0, but it just doesn't feel the same.
• Multiple controls with the same name. ( can't remember why this was good, something to do with checkboxs, I think).
• Rememeber to persist form values for rendering (no viewstate)

Answer 4

Simplicity.