Can you describe your business?
MMK Technologies is an internet presence and business development company located in Bradenton Florida. We have developed a number of applications to help businesses be more productive in their internet marketing efforts. We also develop custom applications for the web and desktop.
Why did you choose ASP.NET 2.0?
I like the out of the box security of Windows server combined with the ease and speed of development in Microsoft Visual Studio. The ability to easily integrate Web Services in ASP.NET is the #1 reason for the selection as it reduces my development in relation to Web Services by at least half compared to classic ASP and PHP.
How did ASP.NET AJAX help you improve your user experience?
For many of our applications it has allowed us to use a single page rather than multiple pages for the administration sections of the site. I have always disliked multiple page administration sections as I find them hard to manage and messy but with ASP.NET AJAX I can use the beautiful tab control and maintain multiple administration sections on a single page. Maintaining state is easier as I do not have to change pages to load different data sets to perform insert and update operations on joined tables.
What was the ASP.NET AJAX development experience like?
The Free .gif animation builder uses several Ajax update panels and multiple modal popup extenders along with an update progress control.
What other Microsoft technologies does your site use?
The server is Windows Server 2003 using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 to store images.