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Do you think ASP.Net Dynamic Data is worth it?


At the risk of sounding misinformed, I'm under the belief that this is basically useful for RAD and fast sketching of an application.

It feels somewhat Ruby-esque in the sense that it scaffolds pretty much everything you need from a CRUD application. Easier work for us, right; and most people are none the wiser.

I'm fairly green in the workplace, I just start working at an actual job as a developer (cubicles and free coffee) so my opinions might be a bit on the green side, but I'd love some comments from more senior people.

Is this somewhere between MVC2(basic scaffolding) and Microsoft Lightswitch(wizard-driven development)? Is it worth ivesting in?


Solution

  • One of the best uses I've heard for Dynamic Data was to quickly build up an Django-like admin section for a site. It doesn't have to be "perfect" since it isn't aimed at users, but it does give you some nice usability quickly and easily.