Programming using ASP.NET MVC 4

Module 1: Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC

• ASP.NET MVC project templates
• Understanding the structure of an ASP.NET MVC project
• Naming conventions
• Creating views
• Defining controllers
• Defining a data model

• Creating strongly-typed views
• Understanding URLs and action methods
• Using HTML helpers
• Handling form post-backs
• Data validation

• Razor design goals
• Implementing a Razor view
• Razor syntax
• Accessing model data in Razor views

• ASP.NET application architecture best practices
• Implementing a repository and Entity Framework data model
• Using Dependency Injection
• Implementing a custom controller factory

• Recap of TDD
• Unit Testing frameworks
• Walk-through of using TDD with ASP.NET MVC

• Defining and using custom HTML helpers
• Defining a layout/master page
• Using styles
• Defining and using partial views
• Razor helper method syntax

• Defining view-model classes
• Implementing data filtering in a controller
• Understanding the routing mechanism
• Adding custom entries to a route table
• Defining defaults, parameters, and validation
• Generating URLs and hyperlinks
• Custom route constraints

• Using hidden fields
• Session and application state
• Custom model bindings

• View scaffold templates
• Controller scaffold templates
• Global filters
• Model binding
• Asynchronous controllers
• Authentication options, including enabling logins from Facebook etc.

• Overview of Ajax and ASP.NET MVC
• Unobtrusive Ajax
• Using Ajax action links
• Overview of jQuery
• jQuery techniques
• Using jQuery UI