Question

What are the biggest problems that is being encountered with ASP.Net MVC and what have you done to work around them?

So far my biggest problems are:

Problem: Keeping up with the changes (RCx, beta, etc).

Workarounds: Compiling till it works.

Problem: Remembering and dealing with the Futures DLL.

Workaround: Download the latest, compile till it works.

Answer 1

I haven’t had any real problems. That said I have written my own library of useful helpers to make life much easier for me. Most of it is similar to the futures library, but i think i’ve taken mine much further. It mainly revolves around integrating form components, model binders and validators together so that you can get a fully working, validating CRUD page within seconds with minimal code.

I quite like the fluent validation

Rules(     Ensure(x => x.Date).IsLessThan(DateTime.Now),      Ensure(x => x.Telephone).HasMinimumLength(12),     Ensure(x => x.Email).IsValidEmailAddress()     ); 

That said, futures by itself is an excellent package and makes mvc a great tool to use. I think the main problems with it are the lack of comprehensive tutorials and documentation. As its relatively new and been through so many breaking changes recently that many blog posts on the topic are out of date.

I think once its hit RMT things should get easier for beginners.