Learn ASP.NET MVC

Here is a list of useful resources related to ASP.NET MVC.

Use the following curated curriculum to get started or learn more about ASP.NET MVC. For additional and archived resources, please check these pages - Additional Tutorials, Additional Videos.

1. Getting Started

• Installation and Overview
• Tutorials
  • Your First ASP.NET MVC App
  • Music Store Tutorial App
• ASP.NET MVC Forum

2. What is MVC?

• ASP.NET MVC Overview
• MVC Project Structure

3. Controllers and Routing

• Controllers
  • Controller Basics
  • Models, Views, and Controllers
• Routing
  • ASP.NET MVC Routing Overview
  • ASP.NET Routing
  • URL Routing
• Filtering
  • Filtering in ASP.NET MVC

4. Views

• Introducing Razor
• Programming with Razor Syntax

5. Models (Data)

• Using Entity Framework (EF) Code First
  • Creating an EF Data Model
  • Basic CRUD Functionality
  • Sorting, Filtering, and Paging
  • A More Complex Data Model
  • Reading Related Data
  • Updating Related Data
  • Handling Concurrency
  • Implementing Inheritance
  • Repository & Unit of Work Patterns
  • Advanced Scenarios
• Using EF Database First
  • Creating Model Classes
• Implementing the Repository Pattern for TDD
  • Using TDD
• Common Validation Scenarios
  • Validating Data Using Attributes
  • Implementing Remote Validation
• ADO.NET Entity Framework

• 6. JavaScript

  • Using jQuery
    • Unobtrusive JavaScript
    • Unobtrusive Client Validation
  • Unobtrusive Ajax in ASP.NET MVC 3
  • Sending JSON to an Action Method
  • Adding Ajax to ASP.NET MVC
  • Adding Ajax to a Contacts Application
  • Microsoft Ajax CDN

  7. Security

  • Creating an Intranet Site
  • Using Forms Authentication

  8. Internationalization

  • Internationalization and Globalization
  • Validation for Non-English Locales

  9. Dependency Injection

  • TDD and Dependency Injection
  • ASP.NET MVC 3 Service Location

  10. Unit Testing

  • TDD with ASP.NET MVC
  • Building Testable Applications
  • Mocks and Tests for Role-Based Objects

  11. Deployment

  • ASP.NET Deployment Content Map
    (see Web application projects)
  • Enabling IIS 7.x
  • Web Application Projects Deployment

  13. NuGet (Packages)

  • NuGet Overview
  • Installing a Package in Visual Studio
  • Creating a Package