ASP.NET MVC: Auto-generating UI from data models [closed]

I'm a novice ASP.NET MVC programmer coming from the .NET Desktop world.

In my desktop applications, I auto-generate a lot of UI: create a data model, add some attributes, and off you go.

class Person
{
    [TextboxEditor(MaxLength=50)]
    public string Name;
    [DateEditor]
    public DateTime Birthdate;
}
[..]
{
    List<Person> list = new List<Person>();
    form.AddControl(new GenericEditor(list));
}

For that, I created my own library.

Is there a less cumbersome way in ASP.NET MVC to accomplish the same thing?

I want to put a List<Person> into it, and it automatically creates a list editor.
Then, I want to be able to configure the behaviour in detail:

• allow / disallow editing based on permissions
• input validation
• Ideally, it should also be possible to insert this list as part of another page. Something like a user control, but in MVC.

I do not want to use code generators, I want the UI to be generated on-the-fly.

Something like:

class PeopleListController: GenericController<List<Person>>
{
    public void Init(List<Person> model)
    {
        base.BindTo(model);
        AllowEditing(...);
        ConfigureSomeMoreStuff(...);
    }
}