September 2011
Intermediate to advanced
120 pages
2h 54m
English
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Chapter 4. Razor and ASP.NET MVC
First introduced in early 2008, ASP.NET MVC provided an alternative approach to developing web applications on the ASP.NET platform. As the name indicates, ASP.NET MVC embraces the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture, an approach favoring the separation of concerns between application layers. ASP.NET MVC views are much more HTML-focused than views in other frameworks such as Web Forms. Razor complements ASP.NET MVC quite nicely because its simplistic and elegant syntax produces a seamless transition between markup and code, allowing the markup to remain the main focus and not fade into a sea of code-specific syntax.
This chapter will provide a brief introduction to the ASP.NET MVC framework as well as demonstrate how to leverage the Razor syntax to create clean and effective ASP.NET MVC views.
Installing ASP.NET MVC
To begin developing ASP.NET MVC websites using Razor, you’ll need to have at least ASP.NET MVC version 3. The Web Platform Installer is the easiest way to install ASP.NET MVC 3.
To begin installation using the Web Platform Installer, visit the ASP.NET MVC website and find the big button that says “Install Visual Studio Express” (or something similar).
Regardless of what you have installed on your system prior to running the Web Platform installer, clicking Install will download and install everything you need to start developing ASP.NET MVC 3 applications using Razor.
The Model-View-Controller Architecture
The MVC architecture comprises ...
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