The Best-Selling MVC Books of All Time

Steven Sanderson has seen the ASP.NET MVC framework mature from the start, so his experience, combined with comprehensive coverage of all its features, including those in the official MVC development toolkit, offers the clearest understanding of how this exciting framework could improve your coding efficiency―and you'll gain invaluable awareness of security, deployment, and interoperability challenges. The ASP.NET MVC Framework is the evolution of Microsoft's ASP.NET web platform.

It introduced a radical high–productivity programming model that promotes cleaner code architecture, test–driven development, and powerful extensibility, combined with all the benefits of ASP.NET 3.5. An integral benefit of this book is that the core Model–View–Controller architectural concepts are not simply explained or discussed in isolation, but demonstrated in action. You'll work through an extended tutorial to create a working e–commerce web application that combines ASP.NET MVC with the latest C# 3.0 language features and unit–testing best practices. By gaining this invaluable, practical experience, you can discover MVCs strengths and weaknesses for yourself―and put your best learned theory into practice.

This unique book takes good ASP.NET (MVC/Webforms) application construction one step further by emphasizing loosely coupled and highly cohesive ASP.NET web application architectural design. Each chapter. addresses a layer in an enterprise ASP.NET (MVC/Webforms) application and shows how proven patterns, principles, and best practices can be leveraged to solve problems and improve the design of your code. In addition, a professional-level, end-to-end case study is used to show how to use best practice design patterns and principles in a real website. Professional ASP.NET Design Patterns:.

All patterns and principles are applicable to ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Web formsDemonstrates how to use the Gang of Four design patterns to improve your ASP.NET code Shows how Fowler's Enterprise patterns and the S.O.L.I.D. design principles fit into an enterprise-level ASP.NET site Provides details on how to layer an ASP.NET application and separate your concerns and responsibilities Details AJAX patterns using JQuery and Json, and messaging patterns with WCF Shares best practice tools for ASP.NET such as AutoMapper, NHibernate, StructureMap, Entity Framework, and Castle MonoRail Uncovers tips for separating a site's UX and presentation layer using MVC, MVP and the Front Controller patterns Features code examples that are applicable to all versions of ASP.NETThis book features C# code examples in ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Web forms. Stay up to date with the latest case study ASP.NET MVC C# code used in the book at the project home page aspnetdesignpatterns.codeplex.com/. Contents:. Part 1: Introducing Patterns & Design Principles. 1. The Pattern for successful applications. 2. Dissecting the Patterns Pattern. Part 2: The Anatomy of an ASP.NET Application: Learning and Applying Patterns. 3. Layering Your Application. 4. Business Logic Layer: Organisation. 5. Business Logic Layer: Patterns. 6. Service Layer. 7. Data Access Layer. 8. Presentation Layer. 9. User Experience Layer. Part 3: Case Study: The Online E-Commerce Store (ASP.NET MVC 2 in C#). 10. Requirements & Infrastructure. 11. Product Catalogue Browsing. 12. Shopping Basket. 13. Membership. 14. Ordering and Payment.

Summary. ASP.NET MVC 4 in Action is a fast-paced tutorial designed to introduce ASP.NET MVC to .NET developers and show how to apply it effectively. All examples in this revised edition are based on ASP.NET MVC 4, so you'll get full coverage of features such as the Razor view engine, Web Matrix helpers, and improved extensibility. You'll see how your ASP.NET applications can benefit from changes in the .NET Framework. About the Technology. ASP.NET MVC provides the architecture needed to separate an application's logic and its UI.

Because each component's role is well defined, MVC applications are easy to test, maintain, and extend. The latest version, ASP.NET MVC 4, takes advantage of .NET 4 and includes powerful features like the Razor view engine, Web Matrix helpers, and enhanced extensibility. About the Book. ASP.NET MVC 4 in Action is a hands-on guide that shows you howto apply ASP.NET MVC effectively. After a high-speed ramp up,this thoroughly revised new edition explores each key topic witha self-contained example so you can jump right to the parts youneed. Based on thousands of hours of real-world experience, theauthors show you valuable high-end techniques you won't findanywhere else. Written for developers, the book arms you withthe next-level skills and practical guidance to create compellingweb applications. You need some knowledge of ASP.NET and C#, but no priorASP.NET MVC experience is assumed. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book. What's InsideComplete coverage of ASP.NET MVC 4The new Web APIFull-system testingAbout the Authors. Jeffrey Palermo, Jimmy Bogard, Eric Hexter, Matthew Hinze, andJeremy Skinner are all ASP.NET MVPs, ASP insiders, and early adoptersof ASP.NET MVC. =======================================. Table of ContentsPART 1 HIGH-SPEED FUNDAMENTALSIntroduction to ASP.NET MVCHello MVC worldView fundamentalsAction-packed controllersPART 2 WORKING WITH ASP.NET MVCView modelsValidationAjax in ASP.NET MVCSecurityControlling URLs with routingModel binders and value providersMapping with AutoMapperLightweight controllersOrganization with areasThird-party componentsData access with NHibernatePART 3 MASTERING ASP.NET MVCExtending the controllerAdvanced view techniquesDependency injection and extensibilityPortable areasFull system testingHosting ASP.NET MVC applicationsDeployment techniquesUpgrading to ASP.NET MVC 4ASP.NET Web API.