ASP.NET MVC From The Ground Up

ASP.NET MVC From The Ground Up
Kevin Griffin

About Me
.NET Developer
Chesapeake, VA
Microsoft Client App Dev MVP
Leader of the Hampton Roads .NET Users Group
ASPInsider
INETA Mentor for Virginia

Before We Begin
Ask questions
Enjoy the conference, leave if you’re not getting what you expected

* From The Ground Up
Assumptions
You MIGHT be a WebForms Developer
You know nothing about ASP.NET MVC
You’ve tried to sit through MVC talks before and had trouble
No TDD or IOC mantra today
Just a basic discussion of MVC

Agenda
What is MVC?
Components of MVC
Controllers
Views
Models
Ditching the Blue Screen

What Is MVC?
Model View Controller
ASP.NET MVC is an alternative way to build web applications on the ASP.NET platform.
Not a replacement to WebForms

Let’s get it out of the way
Web Forms vs. MVC

MVC Routes
Convention over Configuration
Default Route
http://domain/Controller/Action/ID
Customizable

Controller
BRAIN of the application
Receives input from requests
Performs logic or data requests

Model
Representationof the data required to present a view or to send data back to the server.

View
The stuff you want to show on the screen.
Bind with a model to provide a data

Demo
Starting From Scratch

ActionResults
How MVC returns data
You specify what you want to return, and MVC handles the response.

ActionResults
ViewResult – Represents HTML and markup rendered by a view.
ContentResult – Represents a text result.
EmptyResult – Represents no result.
FileContentResult – Represents a downloadable file (with the binary content).
FilePathResult – Represents a downloadable file (with a path).
FileStreamResult – Represents a downloadable file (with a file stream).
JavaScriptResult – Represents a JavaScript script.
JsonResult – Represents a JavaScript Object Notation result that can be used in an AJAX application.
PartialViewResult – Represents HTML and markup rendered by a partial view.
RedirectResult – Represents a redirection to a new URL.
RedirectToRouteResult – Represents a result that performs a redirection by using the specified route values dictionary.

Demo
Adding New Views

HTML Helpers
Extension Methods
Helps you render HTML content easily
Replacement for server controls?
Create your own!

What Is A Model?
Loosely typed
ViewData dictionary
Strong typed
Bind to a custom object

Demo
Modeling Our View

Thanks For Attending!
Questions?!
kevin@kevgriffin.com
Twitter: @1kevgriff
http://www.kevgriffin.com

ASP.NET MVC From The Ground Up

by Kevin Griffin on Aug 09, 2010

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