ASP.Net MVC Framework

What?! MVC...???

For those who haven't heard Scott Guthrie (of Microsoft) has announced the launch of the ASP.Net MVC Framework. They are aiming for inclusion in ASP.Net in the early part of 2008.

I had only heard of the MVC model for application development through a course I attended on PHP development last year. Until that time I had never come across the concepts of Model - View - Controller. I am a mainly self taught developer and did not have the 'academic' introduction to development that one might expect from say a degree course or similar (my degree is in electronic media). I do have a PGC in Computer Science, but in the real world this has proved to be of only limited value.

Info: What is the MVC concept (Wikipedia)?

However I am more than willing to give due consideration to anything which can reduce the pain of 'Postback Purgatory'. Anyone who has had to deal with the vagaries of a page which could potentially be posted back with several hundred different permutations has got to be with me on this.

I am still looking into the details of this MVC Framework and will post more on this as details emerge but for now here are the links to the announcement on Scott Guthrie's blog and a video which Scott Hanselman shot at the announcement (Alt.Net Conference).

Info: Scott Guthrie's Blog Announcement
Info: Scott Hanselman's Video