Web Development Models

From the technology perspective, Microsoft is continually evolving their primary technology stack, they're moving from ASP.NET Web Forms to ASP.NET MVC (and ASP.NET Core MVC) which is the next evolutionary step for Microsoft technology.

Kentico Portal Engine runs on ASP.NET Web Forms. Web Forms is a technology not compatible with the new .NET Core framework, though. Therefore, everyone running on the Microsoft framework needs to switch to MVC, and, gradually, take the first step towards .NET Core MVC. In fact, soon, there will be no new features and add-ons running on Web Forms and the old Full Framework.

The biggest difference between the two frameworks is, therefore, in the way you develop projects from a developer perspective. However, the goal for Kentico and for business practitioners is to abstract technology differences away, and provide the best editing experience no matter what technology is running underneath.

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