Chapter 19. Portable areas

 

This chapter covers
  • Introducing NuGet packaging basics
  • Demonstrating a simple area to package
  • Consuming a portable area
  • Creating an RssWidget portable area
  • Integrating with a host using the MvcContrib bus

 

ASP.NET MVC’s areas allow us to structure the controllers and views within our application, organizing our projects hierarchically into folders and namespaces. Portable areas, a feature in MvcContrib, let us take that concept even further. Portable areas are like regular areas in that they’re a collection of controllers and views—segmented from other areas. But they’re also portable; the entire area is packaged using NuGet. Whereas areas allow us to segment our application, portable areas let us compose several ...

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