Interview with Dino Esposito, ASP.NET Expert

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[wwb_99]

Congrats Sara. Interesting inteview.

[Jelena]

Great job, Sara!

[johndhuk]

Interesting, good stuff.

Incidentally, has anyone ever seen an Australian soap opera called Neighbours? Their is a character in it called Gino Esposito, the similarity in name made me chuckle! Sad or what.

[Bleys]

Awesome interview, Sara! I don't know a lick about ASP.NET, but still found bits to interest me.

(Also, nice picture )

[ShytKicka]

I hate open source too. Don't blame him.

[Dark Tranquility]

I've not been interested in ASP stuff since few years now, but this interview caught my attention
Congrats Sara ! Very good job

[Ritterz]

Nice one Sarah!

[bonefry]

Not to be mean or anything, but can guys tell me what have you found great about this interview ?
It somehow escapes me.

[ses5909]

Originally Posted by bonefry

Not to be mean or anything, but can guys tell me what have you found great about this interview ?
It somehow escapes me.

I'm going to be biased here of course. But the interview subject is like a rock star to me. He is extremely well-respected in the .NET world and I thought it was pretty awesome that he agreed to do this.

I wanted to approach it from the angle of an average developer, as that's what I am. I also wanted this to be for the community which is why I tried to find out what kind of questions our members would like asked:

http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/show...=dino+esposito

I think I did a pretty good job at including alot of the questions, I even included one of your questions I believe.

I think most of the people who enjoy the article will also tend to be MS programmers.

as an aside, I do intend to interview him again, next time on more advanced topics within 2.0.

[awasson]

Nice work!

I've been reading Dino's stuff for 6 or 7 years now and most recently in ASP .NETPro and MSDN magazine. I don't share his opinion on Open Source but I'm sure his opinion is based on his experience and knowledge.

I like his reference to my favorite Einstein quote.

Thanks,

[bonefry]

Originally Posted by ses5909

I'm going to be biased here of course. But the interview subject is like a rock star to me. He is extremely well-respected in the .NET world and I thought it was pretty awesome that he agreed to do this.

OK, I was a little mean
I am not dissapointed by the questions you asked though
Yes, it is great that you took his interview, and I hope it is not the last interview you take as these interviews are a great idea.

I don't agree with some of his comments though ...

I am not an open-source fanatic, but I prefer it over commercial sollutions whenever I can, and even if I do recognize the superiority of commercial applications in many areas, open-source has its place in our present and future.

Microsoft (and similar big companies that resist change) will be in for quite a bumpy ride if it doesn't embrace at least `some` of the ideas coming from the open-source developing model ... like the release early, release often programming model.
It is not the free part of open-source that matters most. It is more about the mentality and the community that drives open-source forward.

"I am not a big fan of open-source", as Dino said, doesn't cut it, especially because he talks about final products, ignoring all other benefits.


Also, while learning about agile methodologies and extreme programming, I learned that the rules are very strict for extreme programming to be succesfull. If you brake at least 1 of the rules without being experienced, extreme programming fails.
Thus there are numerous project managers that go around and say "I tried extreme programming, but it doesn't work for me and my projects" ... when in fact they only followed the rules by their ear.
That is why I find his statement a little inapropriate ... "Wow, I've always been agile -- I just didn't know it".

[Mong]

Nice informative interview.