ASP.NET WebForms vs ASP.NET MVC

From book “Pro ASP.NET MVC Framework”:

Chapter1: What’s the big idea?

ASP.NET MVC is designed to tackle the specific shortcomings of traditional ASP .NET WebForms, but this time by trying to emphasize simplicity.

WebForms is a giant abstraction layer aimed to deliver a classic event-driven GUI over the Web.

WebForms weaknesses:

• ViewState
• Page life cycle
• Limited control over HTML
• False sense of separation of concerns
• Untestable.

Key benefits of ASP.NET MVC:

• Model-View-Controller Architecture
• Extensibility
• Testability
• Tight Control over HTML
• Powerful New Routing System
• Built on the Best Parts of the ASP.NET Platform
• .NET 3.5 Language Innovations
• ASP.NET MVC Is Open Source