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+3  Q: 

asp.net-mvc newbie

I'm kinda new to the asp.net-mvc framework and I was wondering whether anyone had some good starting places.

Basically my boss is wanting me to learn the framework in the shortest time possible as there is a big project coming up soon that she wants written in mvc.

thanks

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You can't go too wrong by doing the QuickStarts. If you then have more time, read the book Pro ASP.NET MVC. That's what I did to get started.

RichardOD  2009-12-09 20:58:10
thanks richardOD. i'll see if i can get the book
 2009-12-09 20:59:46
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@Andrew take a look here at the Nerd Dinner example it's what we all used.

EDIT

By the way @andrew, I think writing a production system as your first project in th mvc framework may be a mine field.

I don;t know about the others here but it took me around 4 pet projects before I really got the hang of it and how to architect it in such a way that it made writing and maintaining the code both easy and pleasurable.

griegs  2009-12-09 20:58:20
Go for NerdDinner its really detailed, after that i ll go for ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Website Programming: Problem - Design - Solution, for a complete reference on building a CMS with pure MVC. And if you want to go deeper go for S#arp Architecture (MVC + NHibernate).
Omar  2009-12-09 21:04:17
yeah that's some good advise.
griegs  2009-12-09 21:06:20
thanks griegs. i know what you mean. i'm scared of getting it all horribly wrong.
 2009-12-09 21:10:07
@griegs, Yep, you need to get used to it, specially with specific MVC things like ModelBinders, ViewData, TempData and ModelState. And learn the ViewModel Pattern that will help you a lot.
Omar  2009-12-09 21:11:53
@omar, right on my friend. it's a damn steep learning curve.
 2009-12-09 21:17:03
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Try www.asp.net/mvc.

They have lots of great tutorials there. Also, download the framework and play around with the default sample app that gets created when you use the MVC project templates.

Eric Petroelje  2009-12-09 20:59:39
Oh yeah thanks. i had a quick look but got a little lost in the asp code with <% etc. :) but am getting the hang of it.
 2009-12-09 21:01:13
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Official tutorial is the a good place to start, especially Technical Deep Dive video.

Canavar  2009-12-09 21:00:50
I'll grab the video and watch it thanks
 2009-12-09 21:02:29

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