Why Cool Kids Rock With ASP.NET MVC

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1. WHY COOL KIDS ROCK WITH ASP.NET MVC @ Html.ActionLink(“Give that man a Bells!”, “Order”)
2. HELLO WORLD! @FanieReynders Software Developer Belay Solutions fanier@belay.co.za Get the app at gettag.mobi
3. AGENDA • What is MVC? • Why MVC? • The Razor Engine • Validation & Mappings • Security • Q & A
4. WHAT IS MVC? MODEL – VIEW - CONTROLLER
5. WHAT IS MVC? creates & uses displays passes Controller (.cs) View (.aspx & .cshtml) Model (.cs)
6. MEANWHILE BACK AT WEB FORMS…
7. THE OLD SCHOOL WAY Code Behind (.cs) response View (.aspx) request Beer.com Beer.aspx
8. WHY MVC? THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION
10. WHY MVC? • Clean HTML source & routes (SEO) – no view state • Extensible • Decoupled design for better unit testing (TDD) • More control & clever Caching • Multiple view engines (e.g. Razor, ASPX, Spark, NHaml) • Leverage existing ASP.NET platform • HTML 5 compatible including unobtrusive JavaScript • Dependency Injection • Ajax Validation on by default
11. THE RAZOR VIEW ENGINE Beer.Name <%= %> Beer.Name @ VS
12. THE RAZOR VIEW ENGINE • Compact, expressive & fluid • Easy to learn • Not new language • Works with any text editor • Unit testable
13. OLD SCHOOL ASPX
14. NEW RAZOR SYNTAX
15. VALIDATION & MAPPINGS [COOLSTUFF]
16. MAPPINGS
17. VALIDATION WITH ANNOTATIONS • Covers common validation patterns • Required • StringLength • RegEx • Range
18. VALIDATION WITH ANNOTATIONS • Customized validation • Custom Attributes • IValidatableObject (self validation) • RemoteAttribute
19. SECURITY AND KEEPING IT TIGHT
20. SECURITY • Supports Windows & Forms Authentication • Prevents XSS (AntiXSS Library) • Prevents CSRF (AntiForgeryToken)
21. DEMO TIME!