My main issues with MS MVC is the fact that it tries to be something very similar to RoR. I feel this way because Model View Controller can be done without MS MVC. As a matter of fact as I have mentioned ad-nauseaum Dan and I have built and MVC driven framework a while back. So if I am interested in just the simplest most straightforward way to plug MVC into ASP.NET – thats the way to go – just build a small and simple action framework / router. No tag-soup either. I suppose I have to revisit this after ASP.NET 4.0 is out because it will incorporate routing.

Having said all that as a preamble, I would be silly not to study up on MS MVC. There are some aspects I really do like about it. The great enforcement of separation of concerns for starters.

As I looked over the web to find some decent examples of people who have blazed trails in this area I came across Karl Seguin’s Canvas MVC sample app. It was written with one specific purpose in mind: as a simple learning application that illustrates a good way to build an MVC app. In my opinion this app is a resounding success. It has enough code to illustrate the majority of work that one has to deal with (i.e. data entry, paged lists etc). And it doesn’t try to throw every possible scenario in the mix. The result is a well structured easy to follow sample. Believe me I have looked at numerous different ones out there and this is by far one of the better designed samples. Love it !