Is ASP.NET MVC destined to replace Webforms? [clos

Question

I found these questions, but a couple of them were a little old:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/191556/should-i-pursue-asp-net-webforms-or-asp-net-mvc Do you think ASP.NET MVC will compete with ASP.NET Webforms? ASP.NET MVC > ASP.NET WebForms, Why?

I do not believe these are duplicates and might be old enough that new light can be shed. If not please close this.

I know that no one framework or language is necessarily the only tool for every job. But, do you see MVC eclipsing webforms or webforms going lower on the priority list for Microsoft? They will have to keep webforms for a long time because so many have invested in it, but they don't have to keep adding new functionality for it.

I don't know if this is a good example, but it reminds me of web parts. I never saw much improvement in it from Microsoft. It works and I thought it was great until I started to really try and get a lot out of it. Then from what I could see it just wasn't being pursued by Microsoft that much, though it stayed in Visual Studio. Maybe that's a bad example; just what I remembered.

EDIT: Also, if anyone has any statements from Microsoft on this subject it is appreciated. No offense to anyone. I was only hoping for something official.

Answer 1

this Microsoft answer:

ASP.NET MVC provides a framework that enables you to easily implement the model-view-controller (MVC) pattern for Web applications. This pattern lets you separate applications into loosely coupled, pluggable components for application design, processing logic, and display.

ASP.NET MVC is not a replacement for Webforms. It provides an alternative choice when designing a Web application. Using ASP.NET MVC offers the following advantages:

• It enables you to achieve and maintain a clear separation of concerns

• It facilitates test driven development (TDD)

• It provides more control over the URLs you publish in the application and over the HTML that is emitted by the application

Answer 2

WebForms are not going away. Microsoft gave it's developers a way to choose between traditional asp.net programming and the popular MVC way of programming. It's not competing against webforms it's just another choice for developers to use. Very Smart move from Microsoft to keep a hold of it's developer base.

Answer 3

Just like everything else, I think further development will depend on how popular it becomes. The more people use it, the more Microsoft will likely invest in it's future.

It already seems to be quite popular, and judging from the popularity of similar frameworks in other languages (e.g. struts or rails) I think it'll continue to gain popularity.