WebForms and jQuery: A Comparison

I tend to be a bit picky when it comes to seeing what is generated by server-side technologies. The first thing I do when I write a page (JSP, ASPX – whatever) that uses some sort of tag library or user control is check the resultant HTML/CSS/Javascript. When it comes to ASPX’s this has always been a major issue for me – the code it generates, the JS it pulls down, the amount of redundant traffic, the actual quality of the code – all of it annoys me. Just out of curiosity I wanted to do a “contrast and compare” study to see the differences between the DIY approach and using Webforms…