this might help: http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/posts/2012/Aug/07/Where-does-ASPNET-Web-API-Fit
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Katherine Moss <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes, WebAPI is wrapped inside of MVC4. And there’s another thing that > just makes me mad; when people want to rewrite their application for the > heck of it just so that they can be deployed under the latest fad. The > folks from Yet Another Forum are now saying that their project could be > moved and rewritten as ASP.net MVC too, and for what? To look cool? > Apparently, and what’s wrong with a project that is written in Web Forms > and doing fine? I’m sorry, but I don’t get it. And once that changes, if > it does, other folks who use YAF will be screwed including those at > Sueetie, who make a great product all based on Web Forms. Though web forms > and MVC can work together, though it’s not as simple as one would think. > If you want MVC, then use Web Forms MVP. And who said WCF is pointless > middleware? Isn’t it a good way to create web services? And if not for > WCF, what’s next? Back to ASMX from 2006? Come on! Anyway, guys, I’m > sorry for the rant, but I had to get it out somewhere, right? **** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2013 7:50 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: New Web API project**** > > ** ** > > Thanks, glad to know I'm not alone, that link looks sensible and will save > a lot of suffering -- Greg **** > -- Heinrich Breedt “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” - William B. Sprague
