ASP.NET MVC in 2024: A Powerful Choice for Modern Web Development?

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Argues ASP.NET Core MVC remains a pragmatic choice in 2024 by trading surface area for predictability — MVC core docs ~200 pages vs Blazor ~1,400 — and by adopting vertical slices so a single feature file holds model, events, projections and Razor views, cutting the “change one property → edit seven files” problem. Demonstrates event sourcing with Marten on Postgres (inline projections for strong consistency), Wolverine for messaging, htmx for reactive server-rendered UI, multi-tenant patterns, and a working demo of the approach.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:31Journey to MVC
3. 3:27Bootstrapping and MVC
4. 5:42Developer flow state
5. 7:00MVC framework features
6. 12:41The monolith challenge
7. 14:13MVC code structure
8. 19:07Coupling and architecture
9. 23:22Cohesion and locality
10. 26:46The problem with clean architecture
11. 30:36Vertical slice architecture
12. 33:52Refined controller models
13. 35:01Event sourcing patterns
14. 38:39Implementing MartenDB
15. 46:45HTMX for reactivity
16. 48:18Live code demonstration
17. 58:22Composition and wrap-up

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