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The Model-View-Controller pattern—universally known as MVC—provides a stable, testable approach to web application development by separating the major functions—or concerns—of an application into independently defined roles.

ASP.NET MVC in Action is a comprehensive guide to MVC-based development using this powerful framework. It offers a clearly-written introduction both to the ASP.NET MVC Framework and to the MVC approach. The focus is on creating real, maintainable web applications—so don't expect toy examples and short snippets. The authors lead you from first-use through real-life scenarios.

One of the key benefits of the MVC approach is introducing a high degree of testability to your applications and process. ASP.NET MVC in Action shows you how to test each piece of your ASP.NET application and how to introduce principles of test-driven development into your process.

Because the framework is completely pluggable, you'll learn how to work with external Inversion of Control containers like StructureMap, Windsor, and Spring.NET and open-source persistence layers like NHibernate. Throughout the book, the authors sprinkle in MvcContrib, an extremely useful tool that provides common extensions so you don't have to write them yourself.

Along the way, you'll benefit from the wide-ranging experience of the authors, who have extensive experience with ASP.NET, Monorail, and Ruby on Rails. This book assumes that you already know how to build a standard ASP.NET application and presents most examples in C#.

1. Getting started with the ASP.NET MVC Framework
2. The model in depth
3. The controller in depth
4. The view in depth
5. Routing
6. Customizing and extending the ASP.NET MVC Framework
7. Scaling the architecture for complex sites
8. Leveraging existing ASP.NET features
9. AJAX in ASP.NET MVC
10. Hosting and deployment
11. Exploring MonoRail and Ruby on Rails
12. Best practices
13. Recipes

What reviewers are saying

"Shows how to put all the features of ASP.NET MVC together to build a great application."

-From the Foreword by Phil Haack, Senior Program Manager, ASP.NET MVC Team, Microsoft

"This book put me in control of ASP.NET MVC."

-Mark Monster, Software Engineer, Rubicon

"Highly recommended for those switching from Web Forms to MVC."

-Frank Wang, Chief Software Architect, DigitalVelocity LLC

"I'd highly recommend this to anyone who is serious about building web applications with ASP.NET MVC."

—Jeremy Skinner, ASP.NET developer and technical proofreader of the book

"...does a good job of not only showing you what to do, but also provides cautionary words to avoid poor practices that may lead to maintenance issues on non-trivial applications."

—Venkat Subramanian, NoFluffJustStuff Blogs

"I really enjoyed ASP.NET MVC in Action and highly recommend it for a fresh look at the ASP.NET MVC Framework."

—David Hayden, MVP

"In the end [the authors] not only did an excellent job of putting together a great practical guide to ASP.NET MVC they also successfully embedded some subversive ALT.NET concepts that will hopeful make us all better developers. And at the end of the day that is a damn fine accomplishment."

—Bobby Johnson

"ASP.NET MVC in Action will guide you from your first project through advanced topics such as AJAX and deploying on suboptimal hosting environments. The writing style is clear and concise. Diagrams and code examples are abundant. I recommend it for anyone looking for a great resource for learning about or becoming a better user of the ASP.NET MVC framework."

—Nathan Stott, Partner and Software Engineer at Whiteboard-IT

"I'm very happy with this book. I would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in ASP.NET MVC. Getting the 'beyond the text' that comes with the CodeCampServer is just icing on the cake, truly."

—Chris Stewart, CompiledMonkey.com

"ASP.NET MVC in Action is a true masterpiece...The authors, Jeffrey Palermo, Ben Scheirman and Jimmy Bogard are all considered rock stars in the ASP.NET community and they have opened up the doors to their concert with ASP.NET MVC in Action."

—Mohammad Azam, Microsoft MVP

With a series of hands-on exercises, Programming ASP.NET MVC gets you started with the popular model-view-controller pattern for web applications, using the new ASP.NET 3.5 MVC framework. As you progress through the book, you'll design, build, and deploy a state-of-the-art Web 2.0 application based on Dimecasts.com, a popular video training site for .NET developers. In the process, you'll make good use of ASP.NET 3.5, LINQ, AJAX, jQuery and the Entity Framework.
This practical book teaches you how to build dynamic applications that separate data components (the Model) cleanly from the user interface (the View), so you can easily change one without affecting the other. After receiving a complete introduction to Microsoft's MVC Framework, experienced ASP.NET developers learn how to:

• Design, build, and deploy a robust Web 2.0 application the agile way
• Leverage the ADO.NET Entity Framework to create the application Model
• Build reusable components to create the View
• Bind objects from the Model to the View to create the Controller
• Use existing ASP.NET features, like forms/windows authentication, output and data caching, and more
• Conduct unit testing with best practices provided in the book

You'll discover that testing applications is much easier, making unit testing a key advantage of any MVC project. Programming ASP.NET MVC not only teaches you to think about web development with the MVC Framework, it also gives you valuable experience you need to build your own applications.

The best way to showcase a powerful new technology is to demonstrate its real-world results, and that's exactly what this new Cookbook does with Adobe Flex 3.
Wide ranging and highly practical, Flex 3 Cookbook contains more than 300 proven recipes for developing interactive Rich Internet Applications and Web 2.0 sites. You'll find everything from Flex basics, to solutions for working with visual components and data access, to tips on application development, unit testing, and using Adobe AIR.
You also get ideas from the development community. Through its Flex Cookbook website (www.adobe.com/devnet/), Adobe invited Flex developers to post their own solutions for working with this technology, and from hundreds of posts, the authors chose the best and most useful solutions to supplement Flex 3 Cookbook.
Each recipe inside provides a solution to a common problem, explains how and why it works, and offers sample code that you can put to use immediately. Topics include:

• Containers and dialogues
• Working with Text
• Data driven components
• DataGrid and Advanced DataGrid
• ItemRenderers and Editors
• Images, bitmaps, videos, and sounds
• CSS, styling, and skinning
• States and effects
• Working with Collections, arrays, and DataProviders
• Using DataBinding
• Validation, formatting, and regular expressions
• Using Charts and data visualization
• Services and Data Access
• Using RSLs and Modules
• Working with Adobe AIR

Whether you're a committed Flex developer or still evaluating the technology, you'll discover how to get quick results with Flex 3 using the recipes in this Cookbook. It's an ideal way to jumpstart your next web application.

This book provides a complete guide to implementing Telerik’s range of ASP.NET and Silverlight controls. Telerik controls are invaluable for ASP.NET and Silverlight developers because they provide a vast array of rich controls targeted for the presentation layer of web applications. Telerik offers you solutions for the reports, grids, charts, and text-editing controls that you need but don’t want to build from scratch yourself—the options are endless for increasing the functionality of any of your web solutions.

• Understand how to integrate the standard Telerik controls into any ASP.NET or Silverlight solution to increase productivity and usability.
• Incorporate the Telerik extensions for ASP.NET MVC.
• Learn to implement Telerik Open Access and ORM for all your data access requirements.
• Understand the new functionality provided by the WebAii Testing Framework.
• Work with the full API to master using the entire suite of controls.

This book is aimed at .NET developers working with ASP.NET and Silverlight who want to take advantage of the prewritten controls that Telerik provides when developing their software. No prior knowledge of Telerik controls is required, but a working knowledge of ASP.NET and Silverlight is assumed.

“This book is a great reference for web designers new to ASP.NET who are looking to jump start their development with

Visual Web Developer 2008.”

Mikhail Arkhipov

Principal Development Manager – Web Development Tools

Microsoft Corporation

Expression Web introduced ASP.NET to a new group of web developers. This book is designed to help you start using ASP.NET right away to add powerful new features to your website. Don’t worry, you won’t have to learn a lot of programming; instead, you’ll create an ASP.NET application from start to finish using Visual Web Developer 2008, while writing only a very small amount of actual programming code.

DETAILED INFORMATION ON HOW TO…

     •    Create and work with websites in Visual Web Developer 2008

     •    Use the different compilation and code models in ASP.NET

     •    Configure ASP.NET security and other settings

     •    Use ASP.NET master pages and user controls

     •    Take advantage of ASP.NET membership features for a password-protected website

     •    Use form validation in ASP.NET

     •    Use CSS, skins, and themes

     •    Access, edit, and add data to a database using ASP.NET

     •    Send email using ASP.NET

     •    Use Ajax and ASP.NET Web services

     •    Debug and troubleshoot ASP.NET

          . . . and much more!

If you know HTML, this guide will have you building interactive websites quickly. You'll learn how to create responsive, data-driven websites with PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript, regardless of whether you already know how to program. Discover how the powerful combination of PHP and MySQL provides an easy way to build modern websites complete with dynamic data and user interaction. You'll also learn how to add JavaScript to create rich Internet applications and websites.
Learning PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript explains each technology separately, shows you how to combine them, and introduces valuable web programming concepts, including objects, XHTML, cookies, and session management. You'll practice what you've learned with review questions in each chapter, and find a sample social networking platform built with the elements introduced in this book.
This book will help you:

• Understand PHP essentials and the basics of object-oriented programming
• Master MySQL, from database structure to complex queries
• Create web pages with PHP and MySQL by integrating forms and other HTML features
• Learn about JavaScript, from functions and event handling to accessing the Document Object Model
• Use libraries and packages, including the Smarty web template system, PEAR program repository, and the Yahoo! User Interface Library
  
• Make Ajax calls and turn your website into a highly dynamic environment
• Upload and manipulate files and images, validate user input, and secure your applications

There is a huge amount of information available on the how's and why's of performance testing .NET applications, but it is often fairly subjective, narrow in scope, or doesn't quite cover everything you were hoping to learn. The Complete Guide to Performance Testing and Optimizing .NET Applications (by Paul Glavich and Chris Farrell) covers everything from why you should test, through the steps of setting up your test environment, all the way to how to actually run and record tests, and what you should be looking for. Once you're up and running, Paul and Chris cover the fine details of tips and techniques to make the most of your performance testing, and some good ways to get fast results. With all this detail, you will have everything you need to make the most of your .NET code.

If you're new to C#, this popular book is the ideal way to get started. Completely revised for the latest version of the language, Learning C# 3.0 starts with the fundamentals and takes you through intermediate and advanced C# features -- including generics, interfaces, delegates, lambda expressions, and LINQ. You'll also learn how to build Windows applications and handle data with C#.
No previous programming experience is required -- in fact, if you've never written a line of code in your life, bestselling authors Jesse Liberty and Brian MacDonald will show you how it's done. Each chapter offers a self-contained lesson to help you master key concepts, with plenty of annotated examples, illustrations, and a concise summary.
With this book, you will:

• Learn how to program as you learn C#
• Grasp the principles of object-oriented programming through C#
• Discover how to use the latest features in C# 3.0 and the .NET 3.5 Framework--including LINQ and the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
• Create Windows applications and data-driven applications

You'll also find a unique Test Your Knowledge section in each chapter, with practical exercises and review quizzes, so you can practice new skills and test your understanding. If you're ready to dive into C# and .NET programming, this book is a great way to quickly get up to speed.

ASP.NET 2.0 and .NET 3.0 Programming covers advanced and specialized programming topics not found in other ASP.NET 2.0 books for ASP.NET 2.0 application developers. The book makes use of extensive hands-on examples and code to show the reader the intricacies and power of ASP.NET 2.0.
Some of the topics covered include:
* Core ASP.NET 2.0 functionality including advanced coverage of: ASP.NET HTTP Runtime Environment; Compilation Architecture; Provider-based services; state management; data-bound and custom WebParts; Security, Personalization, and Profile infrastructure; Data Access APIs; Caching; Site Navigation;
* ASP.NET AJAX extensions including: ASP.NET AJAX JavaScript Extensions; Client-side Controls; XML, Data Binding and Web Services, Server-Side Framework
* ASP.NET 2.0 Integration with IIS 7 including: Extending IIS 7 with ASP.NET 2.0 Modules and Plugging Managed Handlers into IIS 7
* Enterprise Library application Blocks including: Data Access, Cryptography, Exception Handling, and Logging
* ASP.NET 2.0 and Windows Workflow Foundation including: Web services and WWF, Implementing Custom WF Activities, WF Rules, WF-Host Communications, hosing WF, Modifying WF at Runtime
* ASP.NET 2.0 and Windows Communication Foundation including: WCF Addresses, Bindings, Contracts, Services, Clients, Security and Hosting

In Detail

Adobe ColdFusion is an application server, renowned for rapid development of dynamic websites, with a straightforward language (CFML), powerful methods for packaging and reusing your code, and AJAX support that will get developers deep into powerful web applications quickly.

This book is the most intense guide to creating professional ColdFusion applications available. Packed with example code, and written in a friendly, easy-to-read style, this book is just want you need if you are serious about ColdFusion.

This book will give you clear, concise and, of course, practical guidance to take you from the basics of ColdFusion 8 to the skills that will make you a ColdFusion developer to be reckoned with.

ColdFusion expert John Farrar will teach you how about the basics of ColdFusion programming, application architecture, and object reuse, before showing you a range of topics including AJAX library integration, RESTful Web Services, PDF creation and manipulation, and dynamically generated presentation files that will make you the toast of your ColdFusion developer town.

This book digs deep with the basics, with real-world examples of the how and whys, to get more done faster with ColdFusion 8.

This book also covers the new features of ColdFusion 8 Update 1.

What you will learn from this book?

• The basics of ColdFusion
• Basic debugging and exception handling techniques, and conditional processing
• Making your ColdFusion Components (CFCs) come alive with methods, using object inheritance, connecting to a database through the internal methods of our object/CFCs
• Keeping your object/CFCs thread safe when multiple users are running the same code segments
• Managing multiple products through common forms for listing, editing, and adding data
• Passing information into a custom tag, different methods of storing and accessing tags and tag libraries
• Wrapping the ThickBox JavaScript gallery functions into a custom tag for simple functional reuse
• Wrapping a Google map library into our code with a custom tag for simplified interactive maps, and creating a multi-state form list wrapped in a custom tag
• Controlling site content based on current user permissions
• ColdFusion AJAX Layout features and ColdFusion widgets
• Enhancing the user interface with AJAX
• Searching with a database, features of Verity search solution, how to integrate a third-party search solution
• Managing files, emails, and images for a dynamic website
• Integrating Feed, REST, and SOAP web services for interacting with other sites
• Creating data-driven reports in ColdFusion with several styles and interactions
• Presenting dynamic contents on your site using CFPresentation

Approach

This book is a fast-paced tutorial to developing ColdFusion applications, with an emphasis on real-world skills. Packed with examples and careful explanations, the book leads you through all the topics relevant to today's ColdFusion developer.

Who this book is written for?

This book is for web developers working with ColdFusion 8.

If your goal is to get a good grounding in the basics of the language as quickly as possible and put a site together quickly, this book is ideal for you. If you want to learn more about professional programming of ColdFusion, this book is definitely for you.

No prior knowledge of ColdFusion is expected, but basic knowledge of general web and software development skills is assumed.