Beginning ASP. NET MVC 1. 0

by Simone Chiaretta; Keyvan Nayyeri

ISBN13: 9780470433997

ISBN10: 047043399X

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Pub. Date: 2009-08-01

Publisher(s): Wrox

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If you have a background in .NET and ASP.NET and are seeking to learn ASP.NET MVC, then this is the book for you. Relying heavily on MVC concepts, ASP.NET MVC principles, and code to demonstrate the main content, this valuable resource walks you through the necessary components to solve real-world problems.

Foreword	p. xxvii
Introduction	p. xxix
The Model-View-Controller Pattern	p. 1
The History of MVC	p. 1
The Principles of MVC	p. 2
How the MVC Pattern Flows	p. 2
The Passive View	p. 4
The Presentation Model	p. 5
The Model-View-Presenter Pattern	p. 6
Advantages of MVC over Traditional Web Development	p. 7
Unit Testing	p. 8
Test Driven Development	p. 8
The Interface First Approach	p. 9
Summary	p. 9
Exercises	p. 10
ASP.NET WebForms vs. ASP.NET MVC	p. 11
Overview	p. 12
Contrasting ASP.NET WebForms with ASP.NET MVC	p. 12
Problems with ASP.NET WebForms	p. 13
How ASP.NET MVC Resolves Issues with ASP.NET WebForms	p. 14
The Programming Model	p. 15
The ASP.NET WebForms Programming Model	p. 15
The ASP.NET MVC Programming Model	p. 16
The Main Elements of ASP.NET Development	p. 17
How ASP.NET, ASP.NET WebForms, and ASP.NET MVC Relate	p. 17
The Implementation of the MVC Pattern in ASP.NET MVC	p. 19
The Model in ASP.NET MVC	p. 19
The Controller in ASP.NET MVC	p. 19
The View in ASP.NET MVC	p. 21
Routing in ASP.NET MVC	p. 22
Summary	p. 23
Exercise	p. 23
Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC	p. 25
Installing ASP.NET MVC	p. 26
Creating an ASP.NET MVC Project	p. 27
Examining the Solution Structure	p. 28
The Controller	p. 29
The View	p. 30
The Model	p. 30
The ASP.NET MVC Application Class	p. 31
The Web Configuration File	p. 32
The Content Files	p. 32
The Script Files	p. 32
Test Projects	p. 32
An ASP.NET MVC Example	p. 35
Summary	p. 42
Exercises	p. 43
The Model	p. 45
What Microsoft Provides for the "M" in MVC	p. 46
An Overview of the Model	p. 47
Different Options for Building the Model	p. 47
LINQ to SQL	p. 48
ADO.NET Database Objects	p. 52
ADO.NET Entity Framework	p. 55
XML	p. 60
Important Considerations about Creating Data Models	p. 64
Third-Party Components and Tools	p. 64
Summary	p. 65
Exercise	p. 65
The Controller	p. 67
What the Controller Does	p. 67
Creating a Controller	p. 68
Defining an Action	p. 70
Attributes That Control Action Definition	p. 70
Passing Data to the View	p. 72
ViewData	p. 72
Retrieving Data from the Request	p. 77
Action Parameters	p. 78
Binding Data Inside the Action	p. 82
Types of Action Results	p. 83
ViewResult	p. 83
PartialViewResult	p. 84
RedirectResult	p. 85
RedirectToRouteResult	p. 87
JsonResult	p. 89
JavaScriptResult	p. 90
ContentResult	p. 90
FileContentResult	p. 91
EmptyResult	p. 91
Using the Core ASP.NET Objects	p. 91
Summary	p. 92
Exercises	p. 92
The View	p. 93
The Responsibilities of the View	p. 93
The Anatomy of a View	p. 93
Creating a View with Visual Studio	p. 95
Loosely Typed Views	p. 96
Strongly Typed Views	p. 98
Writing HTML the ASP.NET MVC Way	p. 100
Link-Building Helpers	p. 101
Form Helpers	p. 104
Validation Helpers	p. 118
What about the Rest?	p. 120
Writing Your Own Helper Methods	p. 121
A Shortcut for Creating Views	p. 124
Summary	p. 127
Exercises	p. 127
Routing	p. 129
Life before Routing	p. 129
Key Concepts	p. 130
The Anatomy of a Route	p. 130
The URL Property	p. 131
The Defaults Property	p. 131
The Constraints Property	p. 132
The DataTokens Property	p. 136
The RouteHandler Property	p. 139
How to Register Routes	p. 139
Easier Route Management with ASP.NET MVC	p. 141
Debugging Routes	p. 142
Summary	p. 144
Exercises	p. 145
Unit Testing Concepts	p. 147
What Is Unit Testing?	p. 147
The Benefits of Unit Testing	p. 148
The Structure of a Unit Test	p. 149
The Four Phases of a Test	p. 149
Fixtures	p. 149
The Order of Execution	p. 150
Attributes That Control Testing	p. 150
Result Verification	p. 150
Code Coverage	p. 152
Writing Tests with Visual Studio	p. 152
The Visual Studio Testing User Interface	p. 153
Writing Your First Test Class	p. 158
Testing Classes That Depend on External Components	p. 161
Patterns That Make Testing Easier	p. 162
Using a Test Double	p. 165
Mock Objects	p. 167
Summary	p. 170
Exercises	p. 170
Testing ASP.NET MVC Applications	p. 173
Creating a Test Project for ASP.NET MVC	p. 173
Testing without Mocking	p. 174
Testing Actions That Render Something	p. 175
Testing Actions That Redirect to Another Action	p. 179
System.Web.Abstractions	p. 183
Testing with Mocking	p. 183
Testing Routes	p. 186
Putting It All Together	p. 187
Analyzing a Legacy Application	p. 187
Refactoring to Testable	p. 188
Testing the Application	p. 191
Developing with a TDD Approach	p. 197
Requirements	p. 198
Testing for Christmas Day	p. 198
Testing for Any Other Day	p. 199
Testing for New Year's Day	p. 201
It's Refactoring Time	p. 202
Summary	p. 203
Exercises	p. 203
Components	p. 205
Why Are There No Server Controls?	p. 205
Server Controls	p. 206
A Simple Form Control	p. 207
Components with Rendering Only	p. 208
Controls with Databinding	p. 210
Using Partial Views	p. 211
Writing a Custom HtmlHelper	p. 218
Rendering the Result of an Action	p. 222
Writing Client-Side Components with JavaScript	p. 223
When to Use Which Option	p. 224
Summary	p. 224
Exercises	p. 225
Action Filters	p. 227
What Is an Action Filter?	p. 227
Types of Filters	p. 228
The Core Filters	p. 229
The HandleError Filter	p. 229
The Authorize Filter	p. 233
The ValidateInput Filter	p. 234
The ValidateAntiforgeryToken Filter	p. 234
The OutputCache Filter	p. 234
Building a Custom Action Filter	p. 236
The Base Class: ActionFilterAttribute	p. 236
Controller-Scoped Filters	p. 241
The Filter Execution Order	p. 242
Using Action Filters	p. 245
Canceling the Execution of an Action	p. 245
Adding More Data for the View	p. 249
Summary	p. 255
Exercises	p. 256
AJAX	p. 257
What Is AJAX?	p. 258
ASP.NET AJAX	p. 259
jQuery	p. 261
AJAX in ASP.NET MVC	p. 263
Adding AJAX References	p. 263
Principles of AJAX Development in ASP.NET MVC Applications	p. 266
Putting It into Action: Using AJAX in ASP.NET MVC	p. 267
Summary	p. 273
Exercises	p. 273
Deployment	p. 275
ASP.NET Deployment Overview	p. 276
ASP.NET MVC Hosting Options	p. 276
GAC Installation	p. 277
Assembly Deployment	p. 277
Hosting Prerequisites	p. 278
The .NET Security Policy	p. 279
The Web Platform Installer	p. 280
Publishing Web Applications	p. 284
Summary	p. 286
Leveraging ASP.NET WebForm Features	p. 287
Caching	p. 288
Caching in ASP.NET	p. 289
Caching in ASP.NET MVC	p. 289
Validation	p. 295
Validation in ASP.NET MVC	p. 296
Validation with Model State	p. 297
Master Pages	p. 303
Other Features	p. 305
Sitemaps	p. 305
The Profile System	p. 306
Health Monitoring	p. 306
Server Controls	p. 306
Summary	p. 306
Exercises	p. 307
Authentication and Authorization	p. 309
Principles of Authentication and Authorization	p. 310
Authentication and Authorization in ASP.NET	p. 311
The Membership Provider	p. 312
The Role Provider	p. 312
Authentication and Authorization in ASP.NET MVC	p. 313
Configuring Your Application to Use Authorization and Authentication	p. 313
Custom Membership and Role Providers	p. 318
Limiting Access to Resources with the Authorize Action Filter	p. 318
Authentication and Authorization in Action in ASP.NET MVC	p. 319
Summary	p. 333
Exercises	p. 333
Extending ASP.NET MVC	p. 335
Introduction to Extensibility	p. 335
Areas of Extensibility	p. 336
Route Handlers	p. 337
Writing a Custom Route Handler	p. 337
A Generic WebFormRouteHandler	p. 339
The Controller Factory	p. 341
Anatomy of a Controller Factory	p. 341
Using the Ninject Custom Controller Factory	p. 342
View Engines	p. 346
Writing a Custom View Engine	p. 347
Using a Custom View Engine	p. 352
Alternative View Engines	p. 352
Minor Extensibility Points	p. 371
ActionMethodSelectorAttribute	p. 371
TempDataProvider	p. 372
Custom ActionResult	p. 374
Summary	p. 376
Exercises	p. 376
Migrating from ASP.NET WebForms	p. 379
Why Migrate?	p. 380
Overview of the Migration Process	p. 381
Fundamental Similarities between ASP.NET WebForms and ASP.NET MVC	p. 382
Authentication and Authorization Similarities	p. 382
Provider Similarities	p. 382
HttpModule and HttpHandler	p. 382
Fundamental Differences between ASP.NET WebForms and ASP.NET MVC	p. 383
The ViewState Difference	p. 383
Differences in Using Server Controls	p. 383
Code Model Differences	p. 383
Event Model Differences	p. 384
Differences in Using URLs	p. 384
Differences in the Separation of Resources	p. 385
Validation Differences	p. 385
Differences in Support for AJAX	p. 385
Replacing Controls During Migration to ASP.NET MVC	p. 385
Migrating a Simple WebForms Application	p. 386
Summary	p. 394
Exercise	p. 394
Case Study 1	p. 395
The WroxBlog Overview	p. 397
The WroxBlog Models	p. 397
The WroxBlog Database Structure	p. 398
The LINQ to SQL Model	p. 399
The Services	p. 399
The WroxBlog Controllers	p. 407
Implementing HomeController	p. 407
Implementing PostController	p. 408
Implementing CategoryController	p. 409
The WroxBlog Views	p. 410
The Site Master	p. 410
Adding the Categories Control	p. 412
Adding the Post Control	p. 413
Adding the Posts Control	p. 414
Adding the Comment Control	p. 414
Adding the Comments Control	p. 415
Adding the CommentForm Control	p. 415
Creating the Home View	p. 416
Adding the About View	p. 417
Creating the IndividualPost View	p. 417
Creating the CategoryIndex View	p. 418
WroxBlog Routing	p. 418
Check It Out	p. 420
Summary	p. 423
Exercises	p. 423
Case Study 2	p. 425
User Stories (aka Requirements)	p. 425
The WroxGallery External Libraries	p. 426
Flickr.NET	p. 426
Using the TDD Approach	p. 427
Building the WroxGallery Model	p. 428
Creating the Data Model	p. 428
Implementing the WroxGallery Services	p. 430
The WroxGallery Controller	p. 437
The Home Controller	p. 437
WroxGallery Account Controller	p. 440
Building the Admin Controller	p. 443
Configuring the IoCC	p. 443
Creating the WroxGallery Views	p. 445
Creating the Master Pages	p. 446
Adding the Content Pages	p. 449
Using AJAX and jQuery	p. 450
The Lightbox Plug-In	p. 451
The Autocomplete Plug-In	p. 451
Running More Tests	p. 456
The WroxGallery in Action	p. 456
Summary	p. 458
Exercise	p. 458
Resources	p. 459
Communities	p. 459
Blogs	p. 459
Books	p. 460
Tools	p. 460
Exercise Solutions	p. 461
Index	p. 521
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