ASP.NET Core Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

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8. Moving from Web Forms to ASP.NET Core MVC

John Ciliberti¹ 

(1)Sparta, New Jersey, USA

Many people who have been working with Microsoft web technologies have built up years of experience using ASP.NET Web Forms. The recipes in this chapter attempt to bridge the gap between ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET Core MVC by discussing common programing tasks performed using Web Forms and then showing the equivalent technique using ASP.NET Core MVC and the Razor view engine.

8-1. Deciding Between Staying with Web Forms, a Full Rewrite, or Gradual Migration

Problem

You’re a veteran ASP.NET Web Forms developer, and you are assigned to a new project that is wrapping ...