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This informative guide by Brij Bhushan Mishra provides an in-depth look at ASP.NET MVC, covering its core concepts, benefits, and comparison to Web Forms. It delves into the MVC architecture, controller responsibilities, view rendering, and HTML helper methods. The text simplifies the ASP.NET MVC request flow, routing, and response mechanisms, making it ideal for beginners and experienced developers alike.
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Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC Brij Bhushan Mishra
Who Am I? • Brij Bhushan Mishra • Microsoft ASP.NET/IIS MVP • Former Code Project MVP • Blogger/Author/Speaker • http://brijbhushan.net • @brij_bhushan • brij.mishra@outlook.com
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Overview Web Pages MVC Web Forms ASP.NET Framework
ASP.NET MVC Controller Request (Controller\Action) Model View
ASP.NET MVC Controller Route Handler http://localhost/Event/List Model View
Why ASP.NET MVC • More control over HTML and JavaScript • Clean separation of Concerns • No ViewState or Post Back events • Test Driven Development • Cleaner and SEO friendly URLs • ASP.NET Providers (Session, Caching, Member Ship) works • Easy integration with Client Side libraries • Not a replacement of Web Forms
ASP.NET MVC • Visual Studio 2012 • Visual Studio 2010 • Visual Studio 2008 SP1 + Download and Install MVC Package
ASP.NET MVC Request Flow View Request View Engine Perform Routing Response Execute Controller/Action Create HTTP Handler Create Controller
Benefits….. • Post back • ViewState • Tricky page life cycle Interview Questions No Design Time Support
Model • Core of your Application • Contains business logic , data models( View Models), Validation… etc • Any data access technology can be used like Entity Framework, ADO.NET or any other
Controller • Controls the execution flow • Executes logic, Load the data and chooses the view • Can call other controller, redirect to other URLs
View • Responsible for displaying UI. Contains information for presentation, formatting, searching, sorting.. • Knows the models and display the data accordingly (No logic here) • HTML helpers are used for generating the mark up • Can be used with loosely typed and strongly typed data
HTML Helpers • A static methods that returns the html string • Can have our own custom HTML helper methods • Few are like • Html.ActionLink() • Html.BeginForm() • Html.CheckBox() • Html.DropDownList() • Html.EndForm() • Html.Hidden() • Html.ListBox() • Html.Password() • Html.RadioButton() • Html.TextBox()