Pro ASP.NET MVC 2 Framework

Description

Author Steven Sanderson has seen the ASP.NET MVC Framework mature from the start, so his experience, combined with comprehensive coverage of all the new features, including those in the official MVC development toolkit, offers the clearest understanding of how this exciting new framework can improve your coding efficiency. With this book, you’ll gain invaluable up-to-date knowledge of security, deployment, and interoperability challenges. The ASP.NET MVC 2 Framework introduces a radical high-productivity programming model that promotes cleaner code architecture, test-driven development, and powerful extensibility, combined with all the benefits of ASP.NET 3.5. In this book, the core model-view-controller (MVC) architectural concepts are not simply explained or discussed in isolation, but are demonstrated in action. You’ll work through an extended tutorial to create a working e-commerce web application that combines ASP.NET MVC with C# language features and unit-testing best practices. By gaining this invaluable, practical experience, you’ll discover MVC’s strengths and weaknesses for yourself—and put your best-learned theory into practice. What you’ll learn Gain a solid architectural background to ASP.NET MVC 2, including MVC and REST concepts. Explore the entire ASP.NET MVC Framework and take a detailed look at the official MVC development toolkit. See how it works with test-driven development in action. Capitalize on your existing knowledge quickly and easily through translation and comparison of features in classic ASP.NET to those in ASP.NET MVC. Learn about the latest security and deployment issues, including IIS 7.0. Who this book is for This book is for web developers with a basic knowledge of ASP.NET and C# who want (or need) to start using the ASP.NET MVC 2 Framework. Table of Contents What’s the Big Idea?  Your First ASP.NET MVC Application  Prerequisites   SportsStore: A Real Application  SportsStore: Navigation and Shopping Cart   SportsStore: Administration and Final Enhancements   Overview of ASP.NET MVC Projects  URLs and Routing  Controllers and Actions  Controller Extensibility   Views  Models and Data Entry  User Interface Techniques   Ajax and Client Scripting   Security and Vulnerability  Deployment  ASP.NET Platform Features  Upgrading and Combining ASP.NET Technologies