subject: Leading Controls For Asp.net Development [print this page] For ASP.net development some leading and useful list of .Net controls is described here. The streamlined controls here will be more helpful for use of entire tools, ASP Net MVC 4 for entire development processes. These controls would simplify the support, integration, development, deployment, scalability, compatibility and also trims down the rates.
The list includes:
AJAX:
It is the awkward one but helps in most of the third party controls that already are AJAX enabled.
Menu:
Out of all simple controls for ASP.Net website this one is the foremost for benefits. It could be considered with three points like first one is that it can be easily styled with CSS then second is its potential to be data bound and last is it can be search engine friendly. Thus Menus is the control that has great features.
Sitemap:
For being friendly natured every site needs a proper sitemap and in-built ASP.Net features are helpful in doing so. Out of all the ease of development would be with Rad Site Map for ASP.Net AJAX and the second best was Dev Express ASPx SiteMap Control.
Tab Strip:
An engaging user interface with swift layers is what every developer looks in during ASP.Net development or while using ASP.Net MVC 4 for designing UI. Tabs control shows the tab and handles clicks which is responsible for various panels that corresponds to the tabs and page view panels have the real content for every tab. It facilitates easy development and easy styling. Best of all is Rad Tab Strip for AJAX due to its Entity Data Source and Linq Data Source.
Graphs & charts:
Charts & graphs are the also amongst the most popular controls. All of them have core functionality as same but one is rather found to be more complete and useful than others. It is Dundas Chart for .Net which has all that is required to build appealing charts and graphs. It is standalone software and enables some special controls for .Net so it can be called more focused and full. Except this Dev Express and Telerik are also great with chart & graph controls.
Scheduler:
The most near to Dev Express and Telerik goes to Dev Express APx Scheduler Suite. This scheduler gives fine features and style options similar as Dev Express but for user friendly development elements Dev Express is more preferable.
Editor:
It is for sites that requires some sort of web-enable content editing. For getting good results with this functionality best is Rad Editor for ASP.Net AJAX. This control is intuitive and full of great features. For deploying here it is very easy and you need to just drag and drop. Additionally you also get brilliant spell checking facility here along with customizable toolbars. Editing it is an all-rounder and very flexible to apply to a vast range of conditions.
Data Grids:
.Net Developers associated with controls were looking for methods to better the data grid since the emergence of ASP.Net. At the time of ASP.Net development this control is the cornerstone and carries more weight when it is compared to other controls. For features, boosted performance and ease of development the leader is the Dev Express ASPx Grid View with Editors Suite.
