ASP.NET 4' future

fudax · July 5th, 2011, 01:58 PM

I have been browsing through internet for some time and what i can notice in summary is that every page focuses on rather MVC programming than Web Pages. Everywhere everybody writes about MVC and every second tutorial is prepared about MVC. I am afraid of lack of future and sens for Web Pages. I don't want to waste my time and I've written here in order to receive some information and advice.

Although I had bought the 'Beginning ASP.NET 4 in c# and VS' and than I started learning, I am able to leave working with ASP.NET 4.

Thank you for your answers in advance

chroniclemaster1 · July 6th, 2011, 01:06 AM

This is a really good question

I don't think web forms are going to disappear, they're far and away the most common architecture on ASP.NET websites. There's also tons of information on websites, blogs, and old forum posts about web forms. However, you can definitely see that MS has fallen in love with MVC and is letting web forms drift off center stage. In the future, web forms are going to be improved, but won't get the same attention as MVC. Look at this site and you'll see that VB still remains supported and active, but there's a lot more information nowadays about C#. I suspect that's the future of MVC and web forms.

Imar · July 6th, 2011, 04:43 AM

Hi there,

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I am able to leave working with ASP.NET 4.

ITo answer this question i's important to establish some context first. Both Web Forms and MVC *are* ASP.NET 4. ASP.NET 4 is the underlying framework that both technologies use. Both have a lot in common and many of the features you can use in both technologies are the same (.NET at large, but also many of the ASP.NET features like (web) services, security, client behavior and a lot more).

MVC is not a replacement of Web Forms. It's just a different model targeting different scenarios. Web Forms is also not going away, and it's not going to be obsolete any time soon.

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MS has fallen in love with MVC and is letting web forms drift off center stage.

I don't think that't true. Microsoft is investing a lot in the underlying ASP.NET framework, MVC *and* Web Forms.

You may want to read this transcript of a podcast with Damian Edwards and Scott Hanselman for more details:

|http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/MIX/MIX11/FRM15

followed by this presentation of Damian showing the new stuff that's coming up in ASP.NET WebForms vNext:

http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/MIX/MIX11/FRM15

So, IMO, it's a matter of choosing the right tool for the right job.Web Forms doesn't fit well in every scenario, just as MVC won't be the best choice for each site you'll build.

Cheers,

Imar

fudax · July 6th, 2011, 06:29 AM

Thanks for interest. It was so calming for me. But I have got one request more. I wonder why 'asp.net' service does not contain any tutorial for Web Pages in VWD? All I could find is http://www.asp.net/web-pages but whole this site is about 'Razor syntax' (whatever it is) and developing in WebMatrix. I always like to know what I exactly do, therefore I read and ask about it.

If I made any mistake in English, you can correct me.