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Free ASP.NET MVC eBook Tutorial

Summery from the original post by ScottGu

NerdDinner ASP.NET MVC Tutorial

The tutorial starts by using the File->New Project command in Visual Studio to create a brand new ASP.NET MVC project, and then incrementally adds functionality and features.  Along the way it covers how to:

• Create a database
• Build a model with validation and business rules
• Implement data listing/details UI on a site using Controllers and Views
• Enable CRUD (Create, Update, Delete) data form entry
• Use the ViewModel pattern to pass information from a Controller to a View
• Re-use UI across a site using partials and master pages
• Implement efficient data paging
• Secure an application using authentication and authorization
• Use AJAX to deliver dynamic updates
• Use AJAX to add interactive map support
• Perform automated unit testing (including dependency injection and mocking)

The application the tutorial builds is called “NerdDinner”. It provides an easy way for people to organize, host and search for new topic-based dinners online:

Scott Hanselman has been hosting NerdDinners for years, and came up with the idea of building the tutorial around an application that facilitates this.  He is also now hosting a live custom-skinned version of the application at www.nerddinner.com)

Links

• end-to-end tutorial chapter in PDF form
• source code + unit tests for the completed application