About The Types Of Usage

About The Two Modes Of Usage (Javascript & Server Control)

Summary: use the Client Side Usage (Javascript) for any technology (Web Forms, ASP.NET AJAX, MVC, HTML, ASP). Use the Server Controls usage for Web Forms only if Client SIde Usage is not preferred.

In RapidSpell Web up to and including version 3, everything was Server Control based (ie. ASP.NET server tags), nothing was Javascript based. During this period of time other technologies have been released, such as ASP.NET AJAX, JQuery, MVC, and MVC Razor - the trend has been for ASP.NET developers to be more Javascript aware. With multiple 'form factors' in use, it makes sense for RapidSpell Web v4 to become Javascript based, which has advantages;

Usable with technologies that don't support runat='server' (MVC, straight HTML, ASP etc)
Simpler usage, 99% automatic
Smaller footprint on your application
Simpler product development (less mirroring of properties)

The disadvantages are that it breaks compatibility, and that it may not be appealing to non Javascript developers. For that reason we are including the Server Controls, and the examples section includes both modes of use.

The Javascript method and Server Controls are incompatible and must not both be used on the same page.