ASP.NET MVC Framework Preview (eBook)

After a childhood spent at the computer, Steven Sanderson started web development in 1996, first using Perl and later adopting PHP. His last five years of professional experience have focused on ASP.NET, learning what works and what works better, and experiencing a developer's life everywhere from an investment bank to a five-person Internet startup. Steven has led Red Gate's web development team, and spends his free time blogging and keeping up to speed with the latest technology developments. He's followed the ASP.NET MVC framework since its inception and frequently participates in online discussions with its core developers at Microsoft.

Contents 2
Chapter 1: What’s the Big Idea 7
Traditional ASP. NET 8
What’s Wrong with Traditional ASP. NET? 9
Web Development Today 11
Key Benefits of ASP. NET MVC 13
Who Should Use ASP. NET MVC? 19
Summary 23
Chapter 2: Your First ASP.NET MVC Application 24
Preparing Your Workstation 24
Creating a New ASP. NET MVC Project 25
Rendering Web Pages 30
A Starter Application 35
Summary 55
Chapter 3: Architecture 56
Understanding Model- View- Controller Architecture 56
Domain Modeling 68
Building Loosely Coupled Components 85
Getting Started with Automated Testing 95
Summary 104
Appendix: New C# 3 Language Features 105
The Design Goal: Language Integrated Query 105
Extension Methods 106
Lambda Methods 108
Generic Type Inference 109
Automatic Properties 109
Object and Collection Initializers 111
Type Inference 112
Anonymous Types 112
Putting It All Together 114
Deferred Execution 116
Using LINQ to Objects 116
Lambda Expressions 118
IQueryable< T>
LINQ to Everything 122
Related Titles 123
Copyright 124