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Pro ASP.NET MVC 3 Framework 3th (third) edition Text Only
Build the most maintainable, standards-compliant, and best performing web applications on the Microsoft platform.
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First published March 15, 2011
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January 13, 2013
This is a good guide to ASP.NET MVC. It's divided into three parts: Introduction, Details, and "Delivering Successful MVC Projects".
The first part in particular is excellent, as it follows a hands-on approach with the creation of a simple e-commerce application. There's excellent emphasis on unit-testing; almost every feature you add has unit-tests listed right behind it.
The second part delves into the details of the main MVC building blocks. Most of these were touched upon in part 1, and part 2 does a good job of covering the details.
The third part is rather short, briefly covering security, authentication, authorization and deployment. It mainly provides information on how these topics relate to ASP.NET MVC. Detailed web security and deployment knowledge have to be pursued elsewhere.
I had two main problems with the book:
1. There are several confusing errors and omissions. For example, at one point during the development of the sample e-commerce application, the authors instruct you to update the data models using an EDMX file (Entity Framework)--except that there's no EDMX file or auto-generated models, because the book actually instructs you to hand-code the data models earlier.
2. While part one was entertaining due to the constant involvement, part two suffers from a lack of focus, as you create several different toy applications to experiment with different features. I think it would have benefited greatly from an approach similar to that of the first part, where there's only one application to integrate features into, so that you can see how they combine to produce a sum greater than their parts.
Overall, I liked it, and I think it serves as a good introduction to and overview of ASP.NET MVC.
The first part in particular is excellent, as it follows a hands-on approach with the creation of a simple e-commerce application. There's excellent emphasis on unit-testing; almost every feature you add has unit-tests listed right behind it.
The second part delves into the details of the main MVC building blocks. Most of these were touched upon in part 1, and part 2 does a good job of covering the details.
The third part is rather short, briefly covering security, authentication, authorization and deployment. It mainly provides information on how these topics relate to ASP.NET MVC. Detailed web security and deployment knowledge have to be pursued elsewhere.
I had two main problems with the book:
1. There are several confusing errors and omissions. For example, at one point during the development of the sample e-commerce application, the authors instruct you to update the data models using an EDMX file (Entity Framework)--except that there's no EDMX file or auto-generated models, because the book actually instructs you to hand-code the data models earlier.
2. While part one was entertaining due to the constant involvement, part two suffers from a lack of focus, as you create several different toy applications to experiment with different features. I think it would have benefited greatly from an approach similar to that of the first part, where there's only one application to integrate features into, so that you can see how they combine to produce a sum greater than their parts.
Overall, I liked it, and I think it serves as a good introduction to and overview of ASP.NET MVC.
December 27, 2011
I believe this is a great book to learn ASP.NET MVC from. Well structured, simple language, sufficient examples and practical tips.
October 12, 2014
This book is amazing. For a beginner on ASP.NET MVC, this might be a little overhead but it really covers how the framework processes and goes a lot under the covers.
December 22, 2012
I especially liked the first half of the book and the emphasis the authors placed on testing. Finally a book that demonstrates the way to do it, rather than just saying, "and of course you'd want to do testing here..." I got bogged down in the middle of the book (and set it aside for several months) as it gets into some pretty technical stuff and ditches the tutorial of the first half. Understandable, I guess, due to the nature of the content. I'm sure it will serve as a good reference...if I ever get to program a site using MVC.
December 15, 2012
An excellent book to learn MVC3. The authors' style is readable and engaging and there are tons of code samples to follow. I think that they may have addressed the topics of dependency injection and Entity Framework a bit too early. They are essential topics to building a flexible MVC app, but can be a bit daunting for the newbie (OK, the book says "pro" in the title, but chapter 4 felt a bit early).
If you're a developer looking to learn the newer web technologies, this book lays a good foundation for you to start working with MVC3.
If you're a developer looking to learn the newer web technologies, this book lays a good foundation for you to start working with MVC3.
January 5, 2012
An excellent book about MVC3. I am giving it four stars because there were quite a few typos and coding errors that I easily solved. But regardless, this book teaches you a lot and shows you many great tips regarding MVC3 and unit testing your code. If you want to be up and running pretty quickly, then this is a book for you.
June 6, 2012
It's a great book for learning ASP MVC. It doesn't baby you, but it does give many examples and tips.
I did skip over a lot of sections that I didn't think I would need.
Maybe it would've gotten 5 stars if I were more interested in the subject matter.
I did skip over a lot of sections that I didn't think I would need.
Maybe it would've gotten 5 stars if I were more interested in the subject matter.
November 14, 2012
Adam clearly has a lot of experience with MVC. His prior book on MVC 2 had some great code for writing "wizard" pages which I wish he had kept for this edition. This book is still full of great code and insight into using the technology.
May 4, 2012
An excellent resource for those who want to keep on top of new web development tools and practices...
June 28, 2012
Clear writing helps make an advanced topic easier to understand. Freeman has become my go-to tech writer for new topics.
October 23, 2022
Its very helpfull to understand new asp.net mvc concept..but ef is not in detail where it lacks...
May 12, 2014
Great read, I learned a lot but I know I will keep going back to it for reference.
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March 6, 2013is book use full for me
April 14, 2014
MVC is a must for your web app and this book not only teaches you how to use this framework but also how to extend and customize it!
August 31, 2012
another one of few books to use as guide while learning how to use asp.net mvc. Helpful.
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