Why MVC instead of good old ASP.NET? Still not grasping why I should go this route?

Question

I know this question has been asked before and I read all the answers but they still don\'t give me the answers I am looking for. I need something concrete. I volunteered to g

Answer 1

I don't come from a Microsoft background, so I might be missing something strictly related to ASP.NET but MVC isn't something different than ASP.NET. MVC, or model-view-controller, is an architectural principal in software design that isn't strictly for the web. Graphical user interface applications commonly use this model.

Anyway, your question is dealing with the "why". The search listing page is a good example to start with. With MVC, you can use templates to only modify the visual aspects of the search (the view). You can add buttons and format what the controller gives you without having to make changes to the controller itself. Similarly, with a view you can change the logic of what is "given" to the view without actually changing the view. Finally, you can go from a relational database to an XML database and without having to worry about changing any of the other aspects of your program. The logic is separated cleanly and this pattern fits many use-cases.

I would highly recommend seeing the Wikipedia article on MVC. It may be easier to understand using a graphical user interface (GUI) example instead of a simple web based example.

Ryan