Pro ASP.NET MVC 5, 5th Edition

The ASP.NET MVC 5 Framework is the latest evolution of Microsoft’s ASP.NET web platform. It provides a high-productivity programming model that promotes cleaner code architecture, test-driven development, and powerful extensibility, combined with all the benefits of ASP.NET.

ASP.NET MVC 5 contains a number of advances over previous versions, including the ability to define routes using C# attributes and the ability to override filters. The user experience of building MVC applications has also been substantially improved. The new, more tightly integrated, Visual Studio 2013 IDE has been created specifically with MVC application development in mind and provides a full suite of tools to improve development times and assist in reporting, debugging and deploying your code.

The popular Bootstrap JavaScript library has also now been included natively within MVC 5 providing you, the developer, with a wider range of multi-platform CSS and HTML5 options than ever before without the penalty of having to load-in third party libraries.

What you’ll learn

• Gain a solid architectural understanding of ASP.NET MVC 5
• Explore the entire ASP.NET MVC Framework as a cohesive whole
• Learn what’s new in version 5 and how best to apply these new features to your own work
• See how MVC and test-driven development work in action
• Capitalize on your existing knowledge quickly and easily through comparison of features in classic ASP.NET to those in ASP.NET MV

Who this book is for

This book is for web developers with a basic knowledge of ASP.NET and C#who want, or need, to start using the new ASP.NET MVC 5 Framework.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Putting ASP.NET MVC in Context
Chapter 2: Your First MVC Application
Chapter 3: The MVC Pattern
Chapter 4: Essential Language Features
Chapter 5: Working with Razor
Chapter 6: Essential Tools for MVC
Chapter 7: SportsStore: A Real Application
Chapter 8: SportsStore: Navigation
Chapter 9: SportsStore: Completing the Cart
Chapter 10: SportsStore: Mobile
Chapter 11: SportsStore: Administration
Chapter 12: SportsStore: Security & Finishing Touches
Chapter 13: Deployment
Chapter 14: Overview of MVC Projects
Chapter 15: URL Routing
Chapter 16: Advanced Routing Features
Chapter 17: Controllers and Actions
Chapter 18: Filters
Chapter 19: Controller Extensibility
Chapter 20: Views
Chapter 21: Helper Methods
Chapter 22: Templated Helper Methods
Chapter 23: URL and Ajax Helper Methods
Chapter 24: Model Binding
Chapter 25: Model Validation
Chapter 26: Bundles
Chapter 27: Web API and Single-page Applications