ASP.NET MVC FAQ

Haacked — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:52:51 GMT

This post will document frequently asked questions and answers about ASP.NET MVC in the forums.

Q: What is the difference between MVC (Model View Controller) and MVP (Model View Presenter)?
A: The following blog post, Everything you wanted to know about MVC and MVP but were afraid to ask, provides resources and historical perspective on the MVC pattern and how it differs from the MVP pattern. I see this question come up a lot and I hope this post (and the other articles it references) helps to clear things up.

Q: Can I go live with ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate?
A: ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate comes with an explicit "go-live" license that allows you to deploy it in production environments. So the answer is YES, you can go-live with ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate (you can even go live with Beta if you're still running that, but we recommend upgrading to the RC). Note, there is currently no PSS support for ASP.NET MVC Beta nor Release Candidate.

Q: Why does MVC take so long to install and configure the templates for Visual Studio?
A: Starting with Visual Studio 2005, the template mechanism was changed. Templates are stored as zip files and when the devenv /setup command is executed, Visual Studio essentially rebuilds the cache that is used to store project and item templates by extracting all the zip files and not just the MVC templates and items.

Q: I'm having trouble installing ASP.NET MVC, what do I do?
A: Try out the steps in the installation troubleshooting guide.