ASP.NET: MVC or Webforms jobwise?

Hi Everyone,

I just started to learn ASP.NET MVC 3 and as I have PHP - MVC background no question which seems easeir for me. (I flicked through some books on Webforms and watched some tutorial on it, nice, interesting, but somehow I prefer MVC 3.)

My question is - as I have no working background - today in 2011 which of the two technologies are more demanded on the market?

Which technology companies want devs to know?

Are new projects initiated with MVC or Webforms are still prefered?

Thanks for your replies!

Re: ASP.NET: MVC or Webforms jobwise?

safipeti
Which technology companies want devs to know?

Both flavors. But besides that also CSS, HTML(5), jQuery, WCF, ajax, relational databases, design patterns, ...

Grz, Kris.

Re: ASP.NET: MVC or Webforms jobwise?

also Add On WPF,SliverLight,Sql Server 2008 :)

Re: ASP.NET: MVC or Webforms jobwise?

Start learning html, java and javascript..which is actually the new flavor for microsoft in .Net 4.5

Start learning Metro style apps...

Re: ASP.NET: MVC or Webforms jobwise?

Shakti Singh Tanwar
java

??? Java has nothing with .NET and certainly not with javascript. Java is a fully featured set of technologies like .NET.

Shakti Singh Tanwar
which is actually the new flavor for microsoft in .Net 4.5

??? One can make Metro style apps for Windows 8 with HTML5 and javascript on top of WinRT, but the other stack is C#/VB.NET with XAML. I get the feeling you're mixing up quite some technology stacks. Take a look at the overview picture given in this article: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-to-developers-metro-is-your-future/10611.

Actually the question from the OP was chosing between MVC or Webforms which don't really have to do with Metro style apps running on an OS which hasn't been released yet (Windows 8 is at the moment only a preview).

Grz, Kris.

Re: ASP.NET: MVC or Webforms jobwise?

@ safipeti

WebForms AFAIK is "more demanded" just as many years ago COBOL was likely "more demanded".

There are at least two questions that you need to ask yourself: (a) do you want to focus on WebForms which is likely "more demanded" and thus compete against a very large number of WebForms developers?, or (b) would you like to be ready to meet the demand that is likely to grow for ASP.NET MVC 3?

for me, i'd rather work with ASP.NET MVC 3 than have to use WebForms ... if i did not need to money, i'd personally avoid WebForms altogether.

Rob Connery has an interesting post that i quote very often: "I Spose Ill Just Say It: You Should Learn MVC"
at http://blog.wekeroad.com/blog/i-spose-ill-just-say-it-you-should-learn-mvc/.

to survice as a developer, you will need to keep learning, learning, learning, and learning.

i wish you luck getting ASP.NET MVC 3 work but be prepared to suffer with WebForms if you want to put food on your table.

Testability alone should drive the adoption of ASP.NET MVC 3 but unfortunately, unless you are lucky enough to be in a situation where you get to use TDD, it's unlikely you will find much support for unit testing.

Re: ASP.NET: MVC or Webforms jobwise?

safipeti,

Then do you recommend MVC for better development and you recommend WebForm to find a job in the future?

Thanks