asp.net webforms vs asp.net web api

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Hey guys, I have been doing a project that manages trips for a company...

the point is something like employees/users go to the site send a form with all the information about the trip they want to take and then there will be a back office part where managers will accept or manage or deny said trips...

I have been doing it in webforms because that's how it was requested of me but a friend is telling me to change to a web api because it's better and webforms are outdated...

I have to use an already existing DB and also alter it as I see fit

What should I do?

Posted 28-Jan-15 5:52am

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Updated 28-Jan-15 5:53am

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-28T08:28:00

It is your decision...
There is nothing wrong with WebForm application and it is not outdated. It's true that WebForm gets less updates than MVC or WebAPI, but that because it is mature for what it is...
I have a WebForm application out-there, that ten of thousands of happy users using it (and a few hundred unhappy :-))...
I'm also working on a new application that will use a mix of MVC and WebAPI and WebForm...
Again - it is your decision...You should use the best of your knowledge to solve the problem, if you think (and not because some-one told that you are out of fashion) that your current solution lack something, move on to other technologies, but if you have all the answers and you know the current technology - use it!