Book description
Top-selling MVC book from a top team at Microsoft-now fully updated!
ASP. NET MVC 2. 0 is now available and shipping with Visual Studio
2010 and .NET 4. A new update to Microsoft's Model-View-Controller
technologies, MVC 2 enables developers to build dynamic, data-driven
Web sites. Professional ASP. NET MVC 2 shows you step-by-step
how to use MVC 2. You'll learn both the theory behind MVC 2, as well
as walk through practical tutorials, where you'll create a real-world
application. Topics include transitioning from ASP. NET development,
as well as an overview of related tools and technologies, including
LINQ, jQuery, and REST.
This book is divided into two very broad sections, each comprising
several chapters.
The first half of the book is concerned with introducing the MVC
pattern and how ASP. NET MVC 2 implements that pattern.
Chapter 1 "NerdDinner" uses a small but
complete application to walk you through how to build an ASP. NET MVC
2 application and some of the core concepts behind ASP. NET 2 MVC.
Chapter 2 "Model-View-Controller and ASP. NET" starts
off with a description of the Model-View-Controller pattern,
explaining the basic concepts of the pattern and providing a bit of
its history. The chapter goes on to describe the state of the MVC
pattern on the web today as it is implemented by various frameworks,
such as ASP. NET MVC 2.
Chapter 3 "ASP. NET > ASP. NET MVC" then covers
the ways that ASP. NET MVC is different from ASP. NET Web Forms.
Chapter 4 "Routes and URLs" digs deep into
routing to describe the role that URLs play in your application and
how routing figures into that. It also differentiates routing from URL
rewriting and covers a bit on extending routing and writing unit tests
for routes.
Chapter 5 "Controllers" takes a look at controllers
and controller actions-what they are, and how to write them. It also
covers action results, which are returned by controller actions and
what they are used for.
Chapters 6 "Views" and 7 "Ajax" cover views
and view engines, and then add a little flavor on top by examining the
role that AJAX plays in your views.
The second half of the book focuses entirely on advanced techniques
and extending the framework.
Chapter 8 "Filters" goes into detail on action
filters, which provide an extensibility point for adding cross-cutting
behaviors to action methods.
Chapter 9 "Securing Your Application" covers security
and good practices for building a secure application.
Chapter 10 "Test Driven Development with ASP. NET
MVC" provides a brief introduction to Test Driven Development
(TDD) as it applies to ASP. NET MVC.
Chapter 11 "Testable Design Patterns" shows you
real-world patterns and practices for building applications that are testable.
Chapter 12 "The Best of Both Worlds: Web Forms and MVC
Together" discusses how Web Forms and MVC work together.
Chapter 13 "What's New in ASP. NET MVC 2" covers
what's new in MVC 2.
This book is for web developers who are looking to add more complete
testing to their web sites, and who are perhaps ready for
"something different."
In some places, we assume that you're somewhat familiar with ASP. NET
WebForms, at least peripherally. There are a lot of ASP. NET WebForms
developers out there who are interested in ASP. NET MVC so there are a
number of places in this book where we contrast the two technologies.
Even if you're not already an ASP. NET developer, you might still find
these sections interesting for context, as well as for your own
edification as ASP. NET MVC may not be the web technology that you're
looking for.
Jon Galloway works at Microsoft and is part of the Server and
Tools online group where he focuses on the ASP. NET community
including the ASP. NET web site.
Phil Haack is a senior program manager on Microsoft's ASP. NET team.
Scott Hanselman is a senior program manager on Microsoft's ASP. NET
team.
Scott Guthrie is corporate vice president of Microsoft's .NET
Developer Division.
Rob Conery is an expert in ASP. NET and creator of SubSonic.
