Recently a friend of mine are asking about ASP.net Web form vs MVC which one are better and which one should go for starting an application? I was given some opinion and discussion with him regarding the pros and cons about web form and MVC. Therefore, I decided to written it down in my blog for as references whether web form or MVC.
ASP.NET MVC
| Pros |
- Provides fine control over rendered HTML.
- Cleaner generated HTML.
- Superior separation between UI and code.
- Easier to unit test.
- Can support multiple view engines.
- By default uses RESTful intefaces for URLs – so better SEO.
- No ViewState (this may also be a weakness).
- Typecal size of page is small.
- Easy integration with frameworks like JQuery.
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| Cons |
- Not event driven, so maybe difficult for people who know only ASP.net Webforms to wrap their minds around it.
- Third party control library support is not that strong.
- No ViewState(this is also a strength).
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| Threats |
- Bigger ramp-up and training time required for developers with no or little experience in web application development.
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| Opportunities |
- Allows for Test Driven Development(TDD) – it is build with TDD in mind, so its much easier to write unit test cases, mock objects and to intercept the program flow.
- Allows for reuse of the same models to present different UIs and Interfaces.
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ASP.NET WebForms
| Pros |
- Provides very good RAD development capabilities.
- Great designer support in VS.
- Ease of development for data-heavy LOB applications.
- Very rich control libraries and third party vendor support.
- A familiar event-driven model when compared to Windows Forms development, and so easy for developers to pick up.
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| Cons |
- UI logic coupled with the code, and thus is hard to separate.
- Harder to unit test, so difficult to employ TDD.
- Heavy page sizes due to view state management.
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| Threats |
- Harder to adopt to various UI views despite the various frameworks available (master pages, themes, etc.)
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| Opportunities |
- Great at creating quick prototypes for business applications. This comes in very handy when trying to show quick Proof of Concepts to clients.
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When to use ASP.net WebForm or MVC?
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About Yeoh Eik Den
I am a SharePoint developer, and I like to bringing a visual exploration of the dot net in the real world.
