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I Spose I’ll Just Say It: Still Waiting For a GOOD Reason to Learn MVC - Joe Brinkman

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I Spose I’ll Just Say It: Still Waiting For a GOOD Reason to Learn MVC - Joe Brinkman

Why you shouldn’t learn MVC

Earlier today Rob Connery posted about why he thinks You Should Learn MVC. Rob is a great guy and we always have lively discussions whenever we meet at conferences. I was in the middle of writing a long comment on his blog when I decided it might be better as it’s own post.

I have to say Rob, once again, another great post! Another great use of straw man arguments and red herrings. Come on really? You are going to trot out jQuery as a reason to try MVC? Why not say “Use MVC because it runs on Windows and works with IIS”. Come on, at least use real arguments if you are going to make the case for MVC. I’m sure you know that jQuery works wonderfully with WebForms. People like Rich Strahl, Dave Ward and others have a ton of great blog posts on the topic. I even have a few myself. jQuery is a valid argument if you are trying to sell people on adding more JavaScript, but the argument as framed does not make the case for MVC.