ASP.NET MVC reminds me of old Classic ASP spaghetti code

Question

I just went through some MVC tutorials after checking this site out for a while. Is it just me, or does MVC View pages bring back HORRIBLE flashbacks of Classic ASP spaghet

Answer 1

MVC vs. generic ASP.NET like the difference between automatic and manual transmissions. Use a manual if you want to determine which gear to use for which purposes, when to shift, and optimize for efficiency. Use the automatic if you want something that just works but may not be very well optimized, or flexible, or easy to debug (which you won't need to do as often.)

Classic ASP was a manual transmission with only second gear.

Answer 2

It is about seperation of concerns. In Classic ASP, it was a mix of business logic and presentation logic, with nasty includes thrown in for libraries.

The syntax is similar at this point, but the purpose is not. In the view, you should only be doing presentation logic. You still can put business logic in there, nothing stops you (unfortunately). It depends on the developer, which is still my biggest concern.