his course provides a practical hands-on introduction to developing Web applications using ASP.NET MVC 3 and C#. This new Web development framework from Microsoft emphasizes separation of concerns in the architecture and testability of applications. The course includes important new features in MVC 3 such as the Razor View Engine, MvcScaffolding, HTML 5 project templates, and more.
The course covers the fundamentals of the Model-View-Controller design pattern and its implementation in ASP.NET MVC. This technology is compared with classical ASP.NET Web Forms. The two technologies share a common ASP.NET infrastructure. Visual Studio 2010 is used as a productive platform for creating ASP.NET MVC applications. After presenting the fundamentals of the technology with several examples, the main components of Model, Controller and View are covered in detail. The discussion of the Model incorporates modern Microsoft data access technologies, including LINQ and ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.1. The routing mechanism of ASP.NET MVC is covered. The course introduces automated unit testing of Web applications, one of the chief advantages of the new technology. Security is covered, with some hands-on illustrations of attacks and defenses against them. The course includes a discussion of how ASP.NET MVC and Web Forms can be used together in the same application. The course concludes with coverage of deployment.
Numerous programming examples and exercises are provided. The student will receive a comprehensive set of notes and all the programming examples.
.NET Training Objectives
- Gain a thorough understanding of the philosophy and architecture of Web applications using ASP.NET MVC
- Acquire a working knowledge of Web application development using ASP.NET MVC and Visual Studio 2010
- Access databases using ADO.NET, LINQ, and Entity Framework 4.1
- Perform automated testing of Web applications created using ASP.NET MVC
- Implement security in ASP.NET MVC applications
- Combine ASP.NET MVC and Web Forms when appropriate
- Deploy ASP.NET MVC applications
.NET Training Prerequisites
The student should have a good working knowledge of C# and the .NET Framework. Basic knowledge of ASP.NET and HTML is also required.
.NET Training Course duration
3 days
.NET Training Course outline
1. Introduction to ASP.NET MVC
- Review of ASP.NET Web Forms
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Web Forms
- Model-View-Controller Pattern
- ASP.NET MVC
- Advantages and Disadvantages of ASP.NET MVC
- Unit Testing
2. Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC
- Installing ASP.NET MVC
- Using Visual Studio
- Hello World for ASP.NET MVC
- Rendering Views
- Dynamic Output
3. ASP.NET MVC Architecture
- The Controller in ASP.NET MVC
- The View in ASP.NET MVC
- The Model in ASP.NET MVC
- Helper Methods for HTML
- Form Submission
- Model Binding
- Input Validation
4. The Model
- Microsoft Technologies for the Model
- ADO.NET
- LINQ
- ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.1
- NuGet Package Manager
- Using MvcScaffolding
- Code First Data Modeling
5. The Controller
- IController Interface
- Controller Base Class
- Actions
- Retrieving Data from a Request
- Action Results
- Action Attributes
- Filters
- Asynchronous Controllers
6. The View
- View Responsibility
- Using ViewData
- Loosely-Typed Views
- Strongly-Typed Views
- Using Dynamic Objects
- Html Helpers
- Razor View Engine
- Using ViewBag
- Validation Attributes
- HTML 5 Project Templates
7. Routing
- Routing in ASP.NET MVC
- Properties of Routes
- Registering Routes
- Debugging Routes
- Areas
8. Unit Testing
- Test-Driven Development
- Test Automation
- Refactoring
- NUnit
- Test Cases
- Test Classes
- Test Runners
- Testing ASP.NET MVC Applications
- Dependency Injection
- Mocking Frameworks
- Inversion of Control Containers
9. Security
- Input Forgery
- Cross-Site Scripting
- Session Hijacking
- Cross-site Request Forgery
- SQL Injection
- Using the MVC Framework Securely
10. Combining ASP.NET MVC and Web Forms
- Using Web Forms in an MVC Applications
- Using MVC in a Web Forms Application
11. Deployment
- Server Requirements
- Continuous Integration
- Environment Configurations
- XCOPY
- Web Deploy
Appendix A. Learning Resources
System Requirements
Required software is Visual Studio 2010 and SQL Server 2008 Express Edition (bundled with Visual Studio 2010). Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2010 and ASP.NET MVC 3 are also required. These are separate downloads. The operating system may be Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7. Internet Information Services should be installed. See the course Setup Notes for details.
A good minimal hardware profile for this course would have a 2 GHz or better CPU, 1 GB of RAM, and at least 4 GB of free disk space for tools installation and courseware.
