If you want to build a Web application quickly, do it with ASP.NET Web Forms. However, you have to be willing to give up a lot: client-side coding and Ajax is more awkward in Web Forms than MVC, you ...

When a request comes in to your ASP.NET site, it's routed through a series of message handlers (in ASP.NET Web API) or modules (in ASP.NET MVC), each of which performs some operation on the request.

You can write better controllers by adhering to the best practices. So-called “thin” controllers—i.e. controllers with less code and fewer responsibilities—are easier to read and maintain. And once ...