Few Basic Things For Starting Up With ASP.NET MVC
Developing a Web Application by Using ASP.NET MVC 2
■ Structure an ASP.NET MVC application.
■ Create custom routes.
■ Create controllers and actions.
■ Create and customize views.
First Part(UNDERSTANDING BLOG:What is MVC)
DIFFRENCES With ASP.NET
MVC, you write the model, create the views, and code the controllers; thus you have finer
control over how each request is handled and each response is rendered. With ASP.NET MVC,
there is less “hidden” from you (and thus less work done automatically for you).
ASP.net:
ASP.NET application basic architecture , in
which requests are handled by ASP.NET: it calls your page; it executes your events in order;
those events affect the response; and ASP.NET ultimately returns the response.
MVC
MVC application has a different architecture, page processing model, conventions,
and project structure than an ASP.NET web form site.
MVC Components:
These components should be familiar to you as a web developer. A controller is a class; the
model is either made up of custom classes or generated classes that use the Entity Framework
or LINQ to SQL; and the views are ASPX webpages. The following list provides a more detailed
definition of these components:
Controller often called the connection between the model and the view.
Life Cycle of MVC
1.You add routes to this collection inside the Global.asax file’s
RegisterRoutes method (which is called by Application_Start).
2.These routes are added to the
table when your application starts.
3The request is then mapped to a route, and
RouteData and RequestContext objects are created to represent the route and the request, respectively.
4.Processing of the RequestContext object is then passed to classes in the System.Web.Mvc
namespace.
5.The MvcRouteHandler class handles the routing to your MVC controller class. It
creates an instance of MvcHandler to actually call the controller and run its Execute method.
6.Your controller then uses ControllerActionInvoker to determine which action to run based
on the request.
7.Your action method accepts the user input and prepares a response
ROUTES
You add routes to this collection inside the Global.asax file’s
RegisterRoutes method (which is called by Application_Start).You must know both way
1.by direct RouteTable class
2.RegisterRoutes method
Understanding Routing Basics
Your website can respond to both ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC requests. If no route is found
for a request, the request passes to ASP.NET for processing.
ASP.Net Website/.NET 4.0
(add a Global.asax file)
<%@ Application Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Routing" %>
<script runat="server">
void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
RouteTable.Routes.MapPageRoute("Department", "Department/CITY/{DeptName}", "~/DepartmentwiseEmployees.aspx");
RouteTable.Routes.MapPageRoute("Department1", "Dex/{student_name}", "~/Default3.aspx");
}
</script>
MVC Project/.NET4.0
(you will find a file global.asax with this code)
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Routing;
namespace MvcApplication1
{
public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.MapRoute("Default", // Route name
"{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
);
}
protected void Application_Start()
{
AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
}
}
}
//RegisterAllAreas() call to ensure that the area mapping is carried out.
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Either write in RegisterRoutes Method as Above or directly Type RouteTable.Routes.MapPageRoute
Defining Application Areas
AREA
(just give you logical ready made structure of folder if you want more folder to hold Controller,Views and model)
You can use the default project structure for most websites without having any problems.
However, there are some sites that are very large; keeping all the models, views, and controllers
in this single folder set can be difficult to manage. For such cases, you can define
different MVC project areas in your application.
An area in ASP.NET MVC is a subset of the project structure based on a logical grouping.
Each area contains area-specific models, views, and controllers. The root of the site contains
the sitewide models, views, and controllers. This type of partitioning can make it easier to
manage your application files.
You create an area in ASP.NET MVC by right-clicking the project and choosing Add | Area.
You give each area a name and Visual Studio generates a separate set of folders for storing
the MVC files in your area.
Explanations With Screenshots
You Must Go Through This At A Glance
Quick Check
1. What is the ASP.NET MVC convention for naming controller classes?
2. What is the ASP.NET MVC convention for storing views?
3. What is the ASP.NET MVC convention for naming views?
Quick Check Answers
1. You name your controller classes after entities in your model and add the
Controller suffix, as in EntityController.
2. A view should be stored in a folder with the same name as the controller (minus
the suffix), as in Entity.
3. A view should be named after the action method in the controller, such as
Index.aspx or Create.aspx.
Didn't Undersand?Ok!
1)GLOBAL.ASAX File
2.PROJECT FILES SCREENSHOT #1
3.PROJECT FILES SCREENSHOT #2
4.CONTROLLER CLASS
5.NAMING DEPENDENCIES OF ALL (you can not name anything to Controller and call it with any function name with any name of view, there are some patterns and way to follow)
1. You name your controller classes after entities in your model and add the Controller suffix, as in EntityController.
2. A view should be stored in a folder with the same name as the controller (minus the suffix), as in Entity.
3. A view should be named after the action method in the controller, such as Index.aspx or Create.aspx.
