ASP.net reality check

ASP.net & designing with web standards (Zeldman aloud #1)

Well people, I guess it's time to begin my reading aloud of Designing with Web Standards, Second Edition, by his standards highness Mr. Jeffrey Zeldman.

Part I: Houston we have a problem

Before you begin

• The main reasons for following standards when developing web sites are:

  Financial

  Developing becomes less expensive

  Compatibility/Wider Audience

  Our site will be consumed by more people

  Functional

  Our site will work better (too vague on this one, Jeffrey!)

• Sites usually break when a new version of a browser comes up. We're used to this, but it really is an unnecessary cost we're paying for.

Pretty straighforward so far, huh? I reckon I must mention that whenever Jeffrey mentions code he is referring to what we in ASP.net understand as outputted HTML/rendered code/what you see when you click on View Source while in the browser. Do we have control over that code? Yes, no, sometimes...but we'll talk about that later.