MVC on the roadmap?

For general questions and discussions specific to the AbleCommerce GOLD ASP.Net shopping cart software.
Post Reply
sweeperq
Commodore (COMO)
Commodore (COMO)
Posts: 497
Joined: Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:45 pm

MVC on the roadmap?

Post by sweeperq » Thu Jun 19, 2014 1:48 pm

Just curious if MVC is somewhere on the roadmap? It looks like a ton of work was put into the CommerceBuilder source (using interfaces, inheritance, etc) and I noticed that WebAPI is used in a few places. Would be great to gain more control over the HTML (ditch viewstate and WebResource/ScriptResource, move all JavaScript to bottom, etc) and have better separation between the presentation and data layers (all required data populated in view model so you aren't calling tons of helper functions from .Net controls).

User avatar
Shopping Cart Admin
AbleCommerce Admin
AbleCommerce Admin
Posts: 3055
Joined: Mon Dec 01, 2003 8:41 pm
Location: Vancouver, WA
Contact:

Re: MVC on the roadmap?

Post by Shopping Cart Admin » Fri Jun 20, 2014 12:33 pm

We just removed MVC from voting in the feature request system (uservoice), it's not received a vote in over a year.

It would be a rewrite of the entire front facing store pages, so it's more likely to happen during a major release if we ever get enough community support. I guess not everyone wants to learn something new every day.
Thanks for your support

Shopping Cart Guru
AbleCommerce.com
Follow us on Facebook

mike92117
Lieutenant (LT)
Lieutenant (LT)
Posts: 64
Joined: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:41 pm

Re: MVC on the roadmap?

Post by mike92117 » Sun Jun 22, 2014 1:09 pm

I wasn't aware it was up for a vote. It's a tough call because migrating an existing webforms store I'm sure would entail some work. I'd agree in the long run it's a good move but it's tough when you have an installed user base and I'm sure webforms will be here for years to come. Having said that, I'd still like to see this go that direction - eventually.

sweeperq
Commodore (COMO)
Commodore (COMO)
Posts: 497
Joined: Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:45 pm

Re: MVC on the roadmap?

Post by sweeperq » Mon Jun 23, 2014 12:38 pm

+3 - There's my 3 votes :)

User avatar
jmestep
AbleCommerce Angel
Posts: 8164
Joined: Sun Feb 29, 2004 8:04 pm
Location: Dayton, OH
Contact:

Re: MVC on the roadmap?

Post by jmestep » Tue Jun 24, 2014 3:33 am

I remember I had asked a couple of years ago, but I think that at this point in time, I would rather see html 5 implemented. From what I have read (and partly remember!) it is good for multiple devices.
Judy Estep
Web Developer
jestep@web2market.com
http://www.web2market.com
708-653-3100 x209
New search report plugin for business intelligence:
http://www.web2market.com/Search-Report ... -P154.aspx

sweeperq
Commodore (COMO)
Commodore (COMO)
Posts: 497
Joined: Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:45 pm

Re: MVC on the roadmap?

Post by sweeperq » Tue Jun 24, 2014 5:40 am

Judy, MVC would give developers full control over the HTML code. Everything I do in MVC is HTML5.

rmaweb
Commander (CMDR)
Commander (CMDR)
Posts: 118
Joined: Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:41 am

Re: MVC on the roadmap?

Post by rmaweb » Tue Jun 24, 2014 7:44 am

I +1 the eventual migration to MVC. I love the MVC approach in php and it looks like it is just as good in asp.net based off this overview article http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/older- ... c-overview

It also looks like the process can be done over a period of several versions as it looks like the web forms and mvc can coexist in the application?
Ryan A.
Scott's Bait and Tackle
http://store.scottsbt.com
Work In Progress
Able Gold R10
Bootstrap 3.3

User avatar
mazhar
Master Yoda
Master Yoda
Posts: 5084
Joined: Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:21 am
Contact:

Re: MVC on the roadmap?

Post by mazhar » Thu Jun 26, 2014 1:52 am

rmaweb wrote:I +1 the eventual migration to MVC. I love the MVC approach in php and it looks like it is just as good in asp.net based off this overview article http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/older- ... c-overview

It also looks like the process can be done over a period of several versions as it looks like the web forms and mvc can coexist in the application?
We are partially using MVC in our application, I am talking about the Web API part. Its using MVC Web API project which is running along with web forms in application.

Post Reply