ASP.NET Web Forms Vs ASP.NET MVC

There is a lot of confusion between the developers on whether to go for Model View Controller (MVC) or Web Forms for developing web applications in ASP.NET technology of Microsoft.

Each one has its own advantages and disadvantages, let us compare Web Forms with MVC and find out.

Following are the advantages of using MVC over Web Forms –

• No storage of state and not using the ViewState keeps the page lighter when compared to Web Forms.
• MVC provides us with higher level of control towards HTML, JavaScript and CSS which makes the customization and accessibility of the DOM elements simpler.
• Since MVC has separation between UI and business layers, modification of the application code takes less time.
• MVC has a shorter page life-cycle, which makes it easy to understand and is less complex when compared to Web Forms.
• Since MVC provides us with more control over the HTML, developers find it easier in building Ajax applications, and making the application more interactive and responsive to the user.
• When talking about Test Driven Development (TDD), MVC makes it easier to implement as it does not rely on event handlers which happens in case of Web Forms.
• Since MVC ensures decoupling of the components and we use interfaces, it makes it easier to test individual components separately.
• Use of MVC is efficient for building large enterprise applications.