C H A P T E R 22
Putting MVC in Context
The MVC framework is a relatively new addition to ASP.NET, and it takes a very different approach to building web applications. The Web Forms system that you saw earlier has a lot to offer, but if you want to build a large-scale web application that was a long life cycle and that embodies current trends in web development, then you should consider using the MVC framework.
In this chapter, I'll give you a little context for the MVC framework and describe its main strengths and weaknesses.
What won't be apparent until we start building MVC framework applications in the coming chapters is just how much the style of programming with the MVC framework differs from Web Forms. Once the basics are mastered, the ...
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