I agree, ASP.Net bends over backwards to give a winforms-like experience (which invariably it doesn't). Some features (databinding?) seem to have been incorpora

I agree, ASP.Net bends over backwards to give a winforms-like experience (which invariably it doesn't). Some features (databinding?) seem to have been incorporated just to enable drag'n drop visual development, which is only really useful when recording screencasts and giving demos. Just go with MS MVC if you like RoR.