Is it possible to run MVC 3 through a website project template or you have to convert your existing WebForms website project to web application and then do the migration?
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Is it possible to run MVC 3 through a website project template or you have to convert your existing WebForms website project to web application and then do the migration?
Yes, it is possible to use a WebSite for an ASP.NET MVC application but not recommended. In order to make it work you will have to put your controllers and models into non-standard locations such as the
App_Codedirectory so you will end up with something horrible at the end. Something that’s not worth migrating towards and that you will have to convert to a web application later. You will be doing twice the work.So do the conversion to a web application first. Or depending on the quality of the code of this existing website, it’s probably not worth doing any migrations but starting from scratch a new ASP.NET MVC application and adding progressively functionality from this site.