is there any particular website that would make sense to use MVC versus webforms.
what would be the decision process in deciding between these options?
is there any particular website that would make sense to use MVC versus webforms.
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is there any particular website that would make sense to use MVC versus webforms.
what would be the decision process in deciding between these options?
There is a lot of enthusiasm around MVC right now, but if you are starting a new dev project right now I’d still recommend that you carefully consider before jumping on the MVC train just yet.
For most dev teams on any non-trivial project, there are some serious considerations. Here are the ones I find most relevant:
MVC requires much more skill from your developers. They will need significant expertise in the inner workings of HTML/CSS as well as a good understanding of how HTTP works. For the client side code they will need strong javascript and JQuery skills, and on the server side an advanced grasp of OO principals. And if you plan to get the most from MVC, experience with unit testing and mocking frameworks too.
The MVC 1.x framework currently doesn’t get much in the way of RAD features from Visual Studio. You get a text editor and intellisense, but that’s about it. No wizards, no drag-n-drop components, no property editors, etc. While this isn’t really that bad, it does often mean that building non-trivial UIs will take significantly longer, especially for less experienced developers.
MVC is very new, and so code samples, tutorials, and sample apps are very hard to come by and tend to be very limited in scope. Documentation is also a bit thin at present.
Perhaps the biggest drawback to the MVC framework is the lack of an established and mature 3rd party market around it. With web forms there are tons of very advanced UI suites and components on the market and tons of open source projects you can borrow from.
For many apps, especially business apps the lack of 3rd party reporting, charting, and advaned grid controls for the MVC framework alone should be a major concern.
MVC is fantastic, and I highly recommend it if you are in a position where you can use it. But there are real costs and risks for any significantly complex project that may keep you on web forms for a while longer.
I do expect that the next major version of MVC will probably address many of those issues, especially with the lack of RAD features. I also expect that the enthusiasm around MVC will bring a lot of 3rd party support to the platform too. But it will take some time for all that to get well established.