ASP.NET MVC Development with S#arp Architecture By www.sandeepsachan.com

1. Sandeep Sachan
By: www.sandeepsachan.com
i@sandeepsachan.com

2.  Introduction –Who Am I?
 Model-View-Controller pattern & ASP.NET MVC
 NHibernate, Fluent NHibernate & MVCcontrib
 The S#arpArchtecture Project
 Building a S#arpArchitectureApplication
 Summary
 Additional Resources

3.  4Years Development Experience
 Contributing couple of tech articles at
codetechniques.com, ipowercode.com–
 MCTS, MCPD Certifications

4.  MODEL – Business logic plus
one or more data sources such
as a relational database.
 VIEW –The user interface that
displays information about the
model to the user.
 CONTROLLER –The flow-
control mechanism means by
which the user interacts with
the application.

5.  ReleasedApril 9, 2009
 Alternative to ASP.NETWebForms
 Built for testability
 User-friendly (and SEO-friendly) URLs
 Clear separation of concerns
 Lacks rich control set available with
WebForms
 Demo – ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Project Structure

6.  Object-Relational Mapping
(ORM)Tool
 Map data to your domain
objects (.hbm.xml mapping
files)
 Manipulate persistent data
 Handle transactions and
concurrency

7.  An alternative to NHibernate's standard XML
mapping files.
 Write mappings in strongly typed C# code.
 Benfits:
 Refactoring
 Readability
 Concise
 Fluent mapping
 Automapping
 Fluent database configuration

8.  Adds functionality on top of the MVC Framework
 UI Helpers
 Routing
 Filters
 View Engines
 Lots More…
 http://mvccontrib.org

9.  Owner & Creator: Billy McCafferty
 Project Members
 Frank Laub
 Simone Busoli
 Kyle Baley
 Rapidly build maintainable web applications.
 LeverageASP.NET MVC, NHibernate and
Spring.NET.
 Ignore infrastructure. Focus on domain and
UX.

10.  DDD-Focused
 Loosely Coupled
 PreconfiguredArchitecture
 Open-Ended Presentation
 jQuery
 Yahoo UIWidgets
 ASP.NET AJAX

12.  Detailed Documentation in S#arpArchitecture
Reference Guide document.
 Software Prerequisites
 Visual Studio 2008 SP1
 NUnit v2.4.8
 T4Toolbox v9.1.20.1
 ASP.NET MVC 1.0
 InstallVisual Studio S#arpArchitecture Project
Template
 Configuring IIS
 Demo - Configuration

13.  Music Store
 Chinook Database 1.1
(www.codeplex.com/ChinookDatabase)
 Index will list data for entities
 Artists
 Albums
 Tracks
 Playlists
 Customers
 Invoices
 Create/Edit records
 Demo – Create the Project

14.  Manual Mapping
 XML Mapping
 Fluent NHibernate
 CRUD Scaffolding
 Demo – Mapping Data

15.  FilteringView Data
 Using CustomView Data to Access Multiple
Repositories (Entity Lists)
 Support for DifferentView Engines
 Add some jQuery flair
 Submit via AJAX
 Add Edit-in-Place
 Add jQuery UI tabs
 jQuery Grid Options
 Demo – Feature Options

16.  Feel free to visit my blog 
 Follow me on twitter @ ipowercode
 Thank you!

17.  S#arp Architecture on Google Code: http://code.google.com/p/sharp-architecture/
 S#arp Architecture Discussion Group: http://groups.google.com/group/sharp-architecture?pli=1
 S#arp Architecture Community Site: http://www.sharparchitecture.net/
 S#arp Architecture Wiki: http://wiki.sharparchitecture.net/default.aspx
 Billy McCafferty’s Blog: http://devlicio.us/blogs/billy_mccafferty/default.aspx
 Virtual ALT.NET S#arp Architecture Presentation – 04/22 @ 10pm: http://twurl.nl/e8i3u0
 DimeCasts.NET Episodes by Kyle Baley: http://www.dimecasts.net
 Episode #75: Introduction to S#arp Architecture
 Episode #97: Another look at Sharp Architecture: Validation, Design Decisions and Automapping
 Episode #102:Taking a look at how to modify theT4 templates used by Sharp Architecture
 NHibernate Best Practices with ASP.NET:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/architecture/NHibernateBestPractices.aspx
 Summer of NHibernate Screencast Series: http://www.summerofnhibernate.com/
 Rob Conery’s MVC Storefront Project: http://blog.wekeroad.com/mvc-storefront/mvc-storefront-
part-1/
 Stephen Walther’s ASP.NET MVC Application Building Series:
http://stephenwalther.com/blog/category/2.aspx
 James Gregory’s Blog (Fluent NHibernate): http://blog.jagregory.com/2008/08/08/introducing-
fluent-nhibernate/
 Great ASP.NET MVC & NHibernate Bloggers: Phil Haack, Scott Guthrie, Scott Hanselman, Simone
Chiaretta, Keyvan Nayyeri, Nick Berardi, Oren Eini, DerikWhittaker,Tim Barcz, Ben Scheirman,
and more…

18. ASP.NET MVC with
S#arp Architecture
Sandeep Sachan
Email: i@sandeepsachan.com
Website:
www.sandeepsachan.com