Developing Web Applications Using ASP .NET MVC

Duration:	2 days
Type:	intermediate

Description

This course enables .NET developers to develop Web Applications using ASP .NET MVC

Since the creation of the .NET framework the recommended method for developing Web Applications has been ASP .NET Web Controls. However extending the controls metaphor to the Web has not been a complete success. Although controls enable rich user interfaces they can lead to peformance problems, increased network traffic and designs that lack clear divisions between architectural layers.

The ASP .NET MVC Framework is a new approach to Web Application development, which builds on top of the existing server page infrastructure but dispenses with Web Controls. It enables a clean separation between presentation code and business logic, leading to faster development, layered architectures and components that can be unit tested.

This course provides existing developers with all the information they need to start developing ASP .NET MVC based Web Applications. The delivery is workshop based, with developers enhancing a sample application as the course progresses.

Prerequisites

Delegates must be C# developers who are familiar with conventional ASP .NET based Web Applications. Experience with Visual Studio 2008 and AJAX is helpful but not essential.

List of Modules

The Evolution of ASP .NET MVC

Advantages and disadvantages of Web Controls

Drawbacks of the Model-View-Presenter pattern

Differentiating Web Controls from the ASP .NET infrastructure

Alternative approaches to Web Application frameworks

How ASP .NET MVC evolved as a separate product

Creating a Simple MVC Web Application

How incoming requests are routed to controllers

Declaring controllers and business methods

Capturing information from request parameters

Building and returning ActionResult objects

How an ActionResult is mapped to a view

Options for passing model information into server pages

Creating output pages using the Html helper class

Making the Web Application Maintainable

Hiding data sources using the Data Access Object Pattern

Simplifying persistence logic using the Repository Pattern

Writing Unit Tests for DAO's and Controller classes

Writing Integration and Acceptance tests

Enhancing the Web Application

Customizing the routing information in Global.asax

Associating methods with request types via AcceptVerbs

Processing form parameters using Value Objects

Validating parameters and displaying error messages

Creating Controller Factories which perform Dependency Injection

Adding support for AJAX to server pages

Combining MVC with Other Frameworks

Using jQuery to simplify server pages

Using LINQ to enhance Data Access Objects

Writing DAO's using NHibernate and Generics

Using Unity and Spring .NET to build controllers

Creating your own View Resolvers