I just read a blog post which begins, "The ASP.NET MVC framework is one of the coolest things to happen to ASP.NET since its creation."
One of the things I hate about computer programming geeks is that they overuse the word "cool." It sounds incredibly unprofessional. The word "cool" doesn't just show up in blogs, it also appears in computer programming books.
My translation of "cool" is "something we computer geeks enjoy playing with that doesn't deliver any real value to our employers or end-users." And indeed, the MVC framework is of no value to either of those two parties. The uselessness of the MVC framework will be the topic of a future post.
Finally, a new post after eight months. Cool!
Posted by: Thomas | July 23, 2009 at 05:26 PM
' My translation of "cool" is "something we computer geeks enjoy playing with that doesn't deliver any real value to our employers or end-users."'
You must be an HTML developer
Posted by: bennyb | July 27, 2009 at 09:35 AM
Hope your arguments against MVC are as funny as your arguments against unit testing last year
Posted by: S | November 10, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Cool means "I'm not old." Except now the people who say it are old.
Posted by: Test Test | December 10, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Sweet.
Posted by: Kenny | January 15, 2010 at 12:23 PM
who cares, when in rome
Posted by: the_cats_bananas | February 22, 2010 at 12:52 AM
I hope you're not planning on arguing in favor of webforms. MVC is the only thing that's made .NET projects tolerable for front end devs, at least if the choice is between that and webforms.
I think cool was last young in the '40s, maybe earlier.
Posted by: Erik | April 20, 2011 at 10:20 AM