ASP.NET MVC Reading July 2009

ASP.NET MVC
Scott Guthrie
Corporate Vice President
Developer Division – Microsoft
scottgu@microsoft.com
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu

All in the Family
ASP.NET
Dynamic Data
& AJAX
Presentation
ASP.NET
WebForms
ASP.NET
MVC
ASP.NET
Core
Core
Runtime

ASP.NET MVC
More control over your <html/>
Intuitive website URLs
Client side JavaScript integration
Testability and TDD support
Not for everyone
Manual vs. automatic transmission

ASP.NET WebForms 4 improvements…
Client ID control
Granular viewstate control
Routing integration
CSS based rendering
Databinding improvements
Control enhancements
Much more
http://www.asp.net/learn/whitepapers/aspnet40

www.asp.net/mvc

File->New Project
Code

ASP.NET MVC maps incoming URLs to
Action methods on Controller classes

SimpleController
Code

“Separation of Concerns”

Controllerscanpass data to View templatesto render a response back to a client

Using a View Template
Code

Model refers to the objects that represent the data of the application and the corresponding validation and domain logic

Create a ModelImplement ProductsController
Code

Routes rules enable flexible publishing of SEO URLs

Custom Route Rule
Code

A service layer can help encapsulate an application’s business logic and data operations

Service Layer
Code

CRUD = Create, Read, Update and Delete

CRUD
Code

“Skinny Controllers”
with “Fat Models”

Validation
Code

Action Filters support declaratively applying re-usable logic to controllers and action methods

[Authorize] Filter
Code

Automated Unit Tests enable coding with confidence

Unit Testing (Part 1)
Code

Dependency Injection:“Don’t call us, we’ll call you”

Unit Testing (Part 2):No database required
Code

Summary
More control over your <html/>
Intuitive website URLs
Client side JavaScript integration
Testability and TDD support
Works with VS 2008 and .NET 3.5 today
Will be a built-in option with VS 2010
Visit http://www.asp.net/mvc to learn more

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