I needed a quick solution to deploying an informational website for the company I worked for. I'd been using mostly Microsoft products, especially SQL Server and IIS for years already. And it was 2004 so I was pretty interested in "this .NET thing." Things were easy, most things I tried to do just worked, and as easy project got more complicated, DNN made things efficient or effective and sometimes both.

A solid and reliable framework for creating any type of online website or building front-end and back-end tools to accomplish things for clients - no matter how intricate, complex, or custom.

Repeated project successes, the flexibility of the platform, and the very long term reliability!

Absolutely, yes. DNN is a great choice for security. And not because its perfect - nothing is - but instead, because it has great open source community support, so you know anything serious will get fixed quickly!

Yes, we've always dabbled with alternate solutions and enjoy keeping up on technology. But DNN is a) still our go-to and first choice for building most online thing and b) Microsoft's support for the technology stack is built on is guaranteed through at least 2035 (which something you cannot say for React or .NET 8).

Get involved with the Community, ask questions, and learn. I highly recommend the DNN Community channel on Discord!