ASP.NET MVC Framework Unleashed

Chapter 5. Understanding Models

In This Chapter

• Creating a Data Model

• Using the Repository Pattern

• Creating a Generic Repository

• Testing Data Access

An ASP.NET MVC model contains all the business, validation, and data access logic required by your application. In other words, a model contains all your application logic except the view logic and controller logic. When building an ASP.NET MVC application, the bulk of your time and effort is devoted to building your model classes.

The focus of this chapter is on creating model classes for data access. In particular, you learn how to build model classes by using the Microsoft Entity Framework.

This chapter is divided into four parts. The first part provides you with an overview ...