>Has anyone used any Application frameworks successfully besides M.Mortals. I basically want to make the development experience quick and painless & willing to go for commertial tools.
>
>I am evaluating the following:-
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>For Web Applications
> 1) DevExpress eXpressApp Framework [http://www.devexpress.com/Products/NET/Application_Framework/]
> 2) .netTiers with Codesmith
>
>For CMS websites
> 1) DotNetNuke
> 2) Umbraco [www.umbraco.org/]
>
>I am Impressed by, but I'm not sure if it can be customized using .Net
> 1) TIBCO [www.tibco.com]
> 2) Spring .NET [http://www.springframework.net] has some link with Tibco
>
>Please give your opinion on ANY Frameworks that you would recommend.
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How about a free one? Well you buy the book and off you go.

Rocky Lhotka, the Creator of CSLA is a speaker on the INETA circuit, and is releasing his CSLA to interface with Silverlight, as well as the same old Win form and Web form and WPF.

Very robust framework! If you learn how to create code generator xml files you can slam out an app in no time. That means 2 weeks to design all the interfaces in xml and then 2 weeks to nail up the oddball biz rules. That is for a 50+ page web app mind you. 3 people on project to handle OSHA safety reports across multiple plants world wide.

I used it with a large scale contract a year ago and found on par with Mere Mortals.