ASP.NET MVC Web application vs ASP.NET Web Application

Question

Other than the fact that ASP.NET MVC Web Application has more clarity in its implementation of the MVC pattern and that it strictly follows the MVC pattern,

Answer 1

It takes a bit more experience, discipline and work to design an ASP.NET MVP Web Application so that your application supports test automation. When you can slap an advanced GridView onto a page along with a SqlDataSource and bind it directly to a stored procedure you throw your test automation out the window.

A lot of MVP applications are written using 3rd party toolkits that encapsulate a lot of the codebehind logic. That tends to muck up your clean separation of responsibilities in a MVP design.

On the plus side I can write an ASP.NET Web Application with a rich UI using a 3rd party toolkit in a 10th of the time I can with MVC in it's current state. For a simple admin tool that's exactly what I would do today. For a large scale n-tier application I would lean towards MVC.

Answer 2

This recent question may address your concerns: How does the MVC pattern differ, if at all, from the DAL / BLL design pattern?