ASP.NET 4 Unleashed

Introducing ASP.NET Dynamic Data

The hallmark of every good programmer is the ability to locate redundant code and factor it out into a reusable module or library. Many people these days equate good programming skills with writing far less lines of code than we used to while still producing incredible applications.

When we build ASP.NET applications that sit on top of a data store of some kind, there are always a set of common tasks that we need to provide a UI for. Although the data models can vary from application to application, several common patterns emerge in virtually any data-driven application. Just a few of these patterns are listed here:

• Entity Lists— Display a list of rows in a table.

• Detail Form— Displays the details of a single ...