Do you think ASP.NET MVC will compete with ASP.NET Webforms?

Question

Do you think ASP.NET MVC will ever have a significant share of the Microsoft web development market? Or will it be more like 10-15% of the market?

Answer 1

Oh yes. It's going to blow web forms out of the water - we've already seen how valuable a true MVC framework can be in the Java world. In the MS world - it's really been a void that has needed to be filled.

As a former Java/Struts dude - I find it pretty frustrating doing current work in web forms - because I know that there are tools out there that would make my life so much easier.

Answer 2

MVC is great but won't become a real contender as a replacement for Web Forms until it includes it's own rich control set. As you probably already know, some of the existing controls do work with it but many don't. Regardless of this though, I still love using it.