Question

I have built a ‘dynamic’ site. Basically, there is a configuration database, where users specify the field type, layout, etc. The controls are then added to screen dynamically based on this configuration.
I have wrapped the web controls inside my own controls.
So for example, I have myTextControl, myNumericControl etc.
Then in the code behind, I use a helper that reads the configuration and adds these controls to the screen.
Now, we would like to move from webcontrols to plain html controls + knockout (for a number of reasons such as performance, better ui etc). However, I am a bit confused on this.
For example, should I still use an approach of creating myTextControl, myNumeric etc … that are plain html controls. For example I could inherit from my own base class and then add the html of these controls to a place holder or literal. should I try to use a viewing engine such as razor?
I know there is MVC but we are not prepared for this step yet.

Any assistance would be greatly apprecaited.

Answer 1

I would just use stripped down asp.net controls:

<%@ Control Language="C#" ClassName="classname" %>
<div>...your html here...</div>