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Asp.net mvc framework update

July 17th, 2008 by bri

I promised an update on how we got on with using the new asp.net 3.5 mvc project type, and here it is.

After much to-ing and fro-ing and reading of blog posts, I managed to get it installed and working on my Vista machine.  Unfortunately, after a week of (mainly) complete frustration the decision was taken to give up and switch back to using Django!

I experienced issues with incorrect assembly versions (remember those vb6 days of ‘dll hell’!) installing themselves onto the machine, but the main problem seemed to be the fact that the project type when combined with Visual Studio doesn’t really help you out much - you still have to do a lot of the “donkey work” by hand - it really feels like hard work.

Compare this to Django, where we get the ability to create an entire admin back-end with just a few simple steps, and I’m afraid at the moment it’s just not up to scratch.  Let’s hope that as the mvc framework matures, it becomes a lot easier to use - and also more robust, and easier to install.

Tags: asp.net mvc django

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