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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ASP.NET

    Score9.5 out of 10
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    SharePoint Designer (discontinued)

    Score3 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's SharePoint Designer was a tool for developing SharePoint applications that has been discontinued.N/A

    Yii Framework

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AYii Framework is a free and open source PHP framework.N/A
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    ASP.NETSharePoint Designer (discontinued)Yii Framework
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    ASP.NETSharePoint Designer (discontinued)Yii Framework
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    ASP.NETSharePoint Designer (discontinued)Yii Framework
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (38 ratings)
    4.9
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    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
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    10.0
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    10.0
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    Usability
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    9.0
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    Support Rating
    8.0
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    8.0
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    Implementation Rating
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    10.0
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    Data Sharing and Collaboration
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    7.0
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    User Testimonials
    ASP.NETSharePoint Designer (discontinued)Yii Framework
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Well suited: for interfaces between machines data and applications. Made as a service. For web applications in factories where you don't have access to thick clients due to the environment. not well suited: quick measurements and fast data transitions between different applications. When time dependency is needed, then you better can choose other solutions.
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    Discontinued Products
    SharePoint does not provide, out of the box, a tool to create / update workflows from web. You have to use SharePoint Designer in order to create them. If you need to implement custom workflows for specific business processes, then SharePoint Designer is well suited. SharePoint Designer allows you to create workflows with task approval, email notifications, assign variables and update SharePoint Lists / Documents properties. In our company, we have created specific workflows for : - Purchase order - RH forms validation like annual employee review - Dematerialized existing forms and validation
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    Open Source
    Yii is very well suited if you love to program with Object Oriented PHP. This framework uses OOP very well and if you know this pattern you'll love it. The same applies for its MVC architecture and if you come from formal software development education. Also if you are in a bussiness enviroment and need a stable framework. This is the tool for you. It uses very formal scheme but I would like more open and hackable framework, and for this Yii2 is not a good option. Also, if you like to have bleeding edge technologies I don't recommend this framework.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • It has a great documentation so new or experienced, you appreciate quick access to quality information
    • It’s very fast, uses less memory than initially expected that has decreased our costs after moving from python
    • It speaks the language of the design patterns really well, so our backend apps are written fast together and connect to frontend systems flawlessly
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    Discontinued Products
    • 2013 Workflows - Loops: You can build loops to work while a value (not) equals something, or N number of times. You can insert Parallel Blocks to do multiple things at once, or to watch for multiple things, and when 1 thing finishes, cancels the others and moves to the next step or stage.
    • 2013 Workflows - Stages: Previously all we had were steps, which worked sequentially. With the Concept of Stages, we can create blocks of steps and based on the data collected during those functions, we can tell the workflow to go to a different Stage in the workflow based on a set of 1, or multiple, Conditionals in a transition area after each Stage. Giving you the power to develop multiple entire processes and skipping to the correct part of the workflow, rather than going through 20 conditionals to find out you needed to do action 31.
    • 2013 Workflows - REST API: the "Call HTTP Web Service" is a very powerful tool, but hard to understand if you have never seen it done, or have a guideline. It works very similar to the requirements in PowerShell to connect and get and post data to SharePoint using the Rest API. You can also use this to manage permissions on List Items, Lists, Sites, and Site Collections. Best part is when developed correctly, it is SUPER FAST!
    • Intentionally Building Infinite Loops: I have built multiple review process from Managing Certifications to Updating Published Documentation, that monitors when an Item, based on provided approved metadata, when the "Author" needs to review the document within the given amount of time. They will get e-mails with links asking if changes are needed. If not, it is routed to the Approving Executive, and the Workflow Automatically updates the Metadata to push out the review dates to the next date, based on metadata provided on how how often the document should be reviews. By using conditionals in the transition of stages, it basically starts over, and goes into a parallel block to allow the monitoring of multiple values of metadata to move to the next stage. Very Powerful when you want to automate these types of process. It truly is a "Set It and Forget It" process.
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    Open Source
    • Generating forms and integrates bootstrap
    • Provides great CRUD functionality with active record
    • Provides lots of useful HTML helper widgets for UI enhancement
    • Provides good access control (RBAC)
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Net is just like plug and play, we have to focus on a logic of code rest part can be handled by ASP. Net framework.
    • It's a best for only web development.
    • One downside with ASP.NET is its reliance on the .NET framework.
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    Discontinued Products
    • In the newest version of SharePoint Designer, they have gotten rid of the Design view which makes what used to be quick and easy changes much more code-intensive. This makes it harder for non-IT users and is more risker for all SharePoint Designer users.
    • SharePoint Designer workflows have a lot of functionality, but there are also some crucial limitations, such as not being able to put lookup fields in email subjects or using parenthesis to separate/group logical conditions.
    • Although this goes along with the Design view, there really isn't a good user interface anymore for adding conditional formatting and styles in views/pages.
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    Open Source
    • Maybe support to update their main components like jQuery or Boostrap. It's too attached with the included versions.
    • Their view template engine is simple, doesn't offer support for better options like competition.
    • Wiki can include more tutorials for common examples or problems.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    It is the backbone of all our products
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    Discontinued Products
    It is a helpful tool that we use every day.
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    Open Source
    We are in the process of migrating our old application to Yii Framework.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
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    Open Source
    I think is really easy to use, it's not perfect but many developers with great experience will know how to exploit this framework to create great apps!
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    Very good, depending on the requirement and budget.
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    Discontinued Products
    Support is good from Microsoft. They are quite responsive when we raise a ticket but SP Designer support will be ended by Microsoft in the near future as they have got new techs like PowerApps and Flow to achieve the same functionality SP Designer does and even more than that.
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    Open Source
    It's has a really good support based on online documentation and official forums. But sometimes I wish there were a paid service where to report some urgent issues.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
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    Discontinued Products
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    Open Source
    You have to check their documentation, they explain everything so don't skip it.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    We choose ASP.NET because our core business is working with the SAP HANA database using SAP Business One. We can develop state-of-the-art applications with Razor and Visual Studio 2022 fast and with excellent application performance response. Working SAP Hana with JAVA could be more challenging because it has fewer developers communities, and it could be harder to find a solution for a question.
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    Discontinued Products
    I haven't used anything else like this. I use different products for workflows and forms, but they aren't listed in the listings for this page. Instead of using it for workflows or forms (deprecated 2 years ago), I use Nintex. For everything else, I have what I need in the Modern version of SharePoint online
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    Open Source
    We have used Zend Framework. In comparison Yii Framework is much more lightweight and has smaller learning curve.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • We realized positive returns due to interns and new employees already having experience due to the free academic versions available.
    • Being able to evaluate the express version prior to purchase was helpful.
    • Performance is adequate, but not as responsive as C++. I guess the trade-off is ease of use and being able to find qualified personnel.
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    Discontinued Products
    • For my needs, I have not found SharePoint Designer useful for my day to day maintenance of SharePoint. It is useful for viewing all the objects that make up the SharePoint site.
    • It is not as intuitive in regard to setting up Workflows. I have yet to use it to set up workflows in SharePoint. Maybe if I needed more complex workflows, it would be beneficial.
    • I like to use SharePoint Designer for moving around files within SharePoint sites.
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    Open Source
    • Overall Yii has speed up our development and help to cut down on development cost.
    • On the other hand, the bloated vendor library does cause space issues when we have high volume of applications on our servers.
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