"ASP.NET Webforms MVP" as an alternative to "ASP.NET MVC"

Question

Some days ago I discovered a "thing" which is called the ASP.NET MVP framework ( http://webformsmvp.com/ )

What do you think of that ? Is it worth to take a look on it ? Has anybody already experiences with that ? I come from the "webform side" (and also from the desktop development) and really don't want to move to ASP.NET MVC for the next time. Would the MVP pattern a good alternative, especially for "webform fans"?

At my projects RAD capabilities are very important. My clients often want to see very soon a visual prototype. So for me classic ASP.NET webforms is the better choice.

Or should (I) we accept, that webforms will have no future ? What are the plans of Microsoft?

Answer 1

This is interesting, to find a balance may be important. To many companies I've worked with, the faster the better and quality is not very important. For others, total control is necessary and MVC is a great answer.

I've been working with MVC since version 1 beta and with WebForms since .net 1.0. I must honestly say that MVC has made my life simpler when it comes to code reuse, Iterative development and flexibility. It allows me to have a faster response time, when they make last minute changes.

Having built my self a foundation (Which I also have for ASP.Net) I was able to reduce the amount of setup time for a project to almost nothing. This also gives me a good head start.

Both frameworks have their advantages and I would be curious to see what come out of MVP.

I'd like to hear from people who have gone to production with MVP.