While most developers were used to WebForms and Microsoft's stock controls (i.e. ListView and DataGrid), when developers moved to ASP.NET MVC, a number of developers were shocked because there wasn't enough meat for this to be a full-featured release.
But as time moved forward with each version, we started seeing a more thinner way of development rising to meet the challenge of users expecting fast, intuitive, maintenance-manageable, and standards-based web development with ASP.NET MVC. More controls were made to simplify development with each version, such as the WebGrid.
Over my years of ASP.NET MVC development, there were a number of developers posting content regarding MVC techniques. Some held true to this day, and some, well...needed refactoring.