Choosing between ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Webforms

In general, choosing between ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET can be based on the

following five criteria:

 

1. Are you considering test-driven development (TDD)?

Go for ASP.NET MVC framework

2. Is there a need for fine control over HTML markup?

Go for ASP.NET MVC framework

3. Is the application heavily data-driven?

Go for ASP.NET Webforms

4. Is there a need for a Winforms-like development approach?

Go for ASP.NET Webforms

5. Is there a need for a rapid application development (RAD) development approach?

Go for ASP.NET Webforms

Download Visual Studio 2010 CTP

Download and install Free Download Manager. This utility provides:
Auto-resume support for interrupted downloads.

Multiple simultaneous download streams for (usually) a much faster download experience.

As the name implies, it's completely free. Download and open VS08_And_VS2010_URLs.txt.

Within the text file you just downloaded, highlight the list of URL's for the download you are interested in and copy this to the clipboard.
Now launch the user interface for Free Download Manager (either from the Start Menu or via the system tray icon if FDM is already running).
Click File -> Import -> Import List of URLs from Clipboard.
When prompted for a download group, accept the default ("Other") and click OK.
You are now free to minimize Free Download Manager while the files download. By default, they will be saved to c:\downloads.

When the files have finished downloading, visit the Download Details page for the respective release and follow the instructions to finish extracting and running your VPC.

VSTS 2008 “all-up” Virtual PC/Virtual Server image (6 GB download, expands to 15 GB)

TFS 2008 “only” Virtual PC/Virtual Server image (3 GB download, expands to 8 GB)

VSTS 2008 “all-up” Hyper-V image (6 GB download, expands to 15 GB)

TFS 2008 “only” Hyper-V image (3 GB download, expands to 8 GB)

Visual Studio 2010 September 2008 CTP (7 GB download, expands to 24 GB)

NOTE: If you wish to download multiple VPC's from this set you can do so by simply repeating steps 3-8.

Save (Not Permitted) Dialog Box

The Save (Not Permitted) dialog box warns you that saving changes is not permitted because the changes you have made require the listed tables to be dropped and re-created.

The following actions might require a table to be re-created:

Adding a new column to the middle of the table

Dropping a column

Changing column nullability

Changing the order of the columns

Changing the data type of a column

To change this option, on the Tools menu, click Options, expand Designers, and then click Table and Database Designers. Select or clear the Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created check box.