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I am reading jQuery in Action (Manning) to learn how to create web GUI's quickly and that use standard tools. I see Part 2 of the book &quot;jQuery UI&quot; has an assortment of user controls for web GUI's.<br />
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Is this an &quot;all in or all out&quot; design decision? If I use this method, must all controls be defined using jQuery UI? Is this the best way to add controls to a web form?<br />
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What alternatives are there?<br />
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ASP.NET is one alternative, but that requires IIS to be the web server. &nbsp;Straight HTML controls are also an option, but that would be a very old design.<br />
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What options are there? How standard is using jQuery UI?<br />
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Thanks,<br />
newbieweb
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I am reading jQuery in Action (Manning) to learn how to create web GUI's quickly and that use standard tools. I see Part 2 of the book "jQuery UI" has an assortment of user controls for web GUI's.

Is this an "all in or all out" design decision? If I use this method, must all controls be defined using jQuery UI? Is this the best way to add controls to a web form?

What alternatives are there?

ASP.NET is one alternative, but that requires IIS to be the web server.  Straight HTML controls are also an option, but that would be a very old design.

What options are there? How standard is using jQuery UI?

Thanks,
newbieweb

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