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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.7882
EAN: 9780470384619
ISBN: 0470384611
Label: Wrox
Manufacturer: Wrox
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 456
Publication Date: 2009-04
Publisher: Wrox
Studio: Wrox
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This book begins with you working along as Scott Guthrie builds a complete ASP.NET MVC reference application. He begins NerdDinner by using the File->New Project menu command within Visual Studio to create a new ASP.NET MVC Application. You'll then incrementally add functionality and features. Along the way you’ll cover how to create a database, build a model layer with business rule validations, implement listing/details data browsing, provide CRUD (Create, Update, Delete) data form entry support, implement efficient data paging, reuse UI using master pages and partials, secure the application using authentication and authorization, use AJAX to deliver dynamic updates and interactive map support, and implement automated unit testing.
From there, the bulk of the rest of the book begins with the basic concepts around the model view controller pattern, including the little history and the state of the MVC on the web today. We'll then go into the ways that MVC is different from ASP.NET Web Forms. We'll explore the structure of a standard MVC application and see what you get out of the box. Next we dig deep into routing and see the role URLs play in your application. We'll deep dive into controllers and views and see what role the Ajax plays in your applications. The last third of the book focuses entirely on advanced techniques and extending the framework.
In some places, we assume that you're somewhat familiar with ASP.NET WebForms, at least peripherally. There are a lot of ASP.NET WebForms developers out there who are interested in ASP.NET MVC so there are a number of places in this book where we contrast the two technologies. Even if you're not already an ASP.NET developer, you might still find these sections interesting for context, as well as for your own edification as ASP.NET MVC may not be the web technology that you're looking for.
It’s worth noting, that ASP.NET MVC is not a replacement for ASP.NET Web Forms (aka just "ASP.NET"). Many web developers have been giving a lot of attention to other web frameworks out there (Ruby on Rails, Django) which have embraced the MVC (Model-View-Controller) application pattern, and if you’re one of those developers, or even if you’re just curious, this book is for you.
MVC allows for (buzzword alert!) a "greater separation of concerns" between components in your application. The book goes into the ramifications of this, but if it had to be said it in a quick sentence: ASP.NET MVC is ASP.NET Unplugged. ASP.NET MVC is a tinkerer’s framework that gives you very fine-grained control over your HTML and Javascript, as well as complete control over the programmatic flow of your application.
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It's a great book, with a good approach in the main areas of the MVC framework, but the example used to ilustrate the concepts is not so good. It's a complement to the book Pro ASP.NET MVC, from Apress, that have a good ecommerce example.
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This is a well-written overview of ASP.NET MVC. Not perfect but definitely [...]+ worth of material.
positives:
- 4 excellent writers with deep understanding of ASP.NET MVC
- Insider comments on the why's of design were interesting and insightful
- Samples were focused on the current topic
negatives:
- a handful of minor editing errors (code syntax and incorrect screenshots)
- 160+ page chapter 1. I would have preferred a short intro. Or chop up into multiple chapters. No reason to be reading SQL spatial data procs in chapt 1 of MVC book. No offense to the Gu.
- multiple author tone differences (franken-book)
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I would have given this book a 3 start for its content until i read the Ajax chapter, where the authors are trying to justify the use of Microsoft Ajax framework by reasons like -"-People dont understand or arent completely aware of and don't want to take the time to learn. -Come from a provider people don't respect"..
I understand that all the authors in the book are from Microsoft, but they can do these kinds of things in their blogs or something.. i bought this book for inside facts about a new technology that cannot be found in web or anywhere else, but this books fails to offer any. Very disappointing chapter on Views. i have nothing against Microsoft Ajax library,in fact i have used it in various projects before i started using jQuery more, but all i have to say, if microsoft Ajax library was so great, why microsoft decided to incorporate an open source javascript library in VS. Then the chapter gives some example of Modal popup, rating control,autocomplete textbox. arent ... Read More
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This book gave a good introduction to ASP.NET MVC in a fun and interesting way. It laid a solid foundation for understanding the why and how of ASP.NET MVC along with the historical perspective of how it relates to other Microsoft web technologies. It was well worth the time and money spent to read it.
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I want to start by saying that, generally speaking, I have great respect for the four authors of this book since they are the core developers behind ASP.NET MVC.
Having said that, I'm disppointed with this title, much as I am with many Wrox titles. I don't know why I keep buying Wrox books. I bought this book primarily because of all the good reviews here at Amazon.com, but sadly, these reviews were not reliable.
This book is for beginners. And, having said that, unfortunately, it doesn't go into much detail. Half the book (literally) is chapter 1 written by Scott Guthrie (his blog is AWESOME, however, hence the great respect), but it's a very trivial example with an equally trivial mashup, if you can even call it that.
The second half is the rest of the book. There were a few nuggets that I picked up that I hadn't gleaned from the equally trivial and scant tutorials at the asp.net website. Other than that, I can't say I learned much more than what I had ... Read More
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