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What are some good resources for learning ASP.NET MVC 2.0 (if I don't already know ASP.NET MVC 1.0)?
Tekpub (Steven Sanderson and Rob Conery) is doing a video series on MVC 2: http://tekpub.com/preview/aspmvc
Obviously the first resource I'd point you to is the official ASP MVC website here.
Perhaps the biggest and most key aspect you need to understand about ASP.NET MVC is that MVC isn't explicitly specialised for ASP.NET - it's a very wide design pattern - MVC stands for Model-View-Controller, you should really read up on MVC and gain a general understanding before you dive straight into the ASP.NET implementation.
You may want to look into buying a book that can nicely ease you into ASP.NET MVC. The reviews on amazon are something you want to take into account, as they're usually very accurate.
You can find results of a ASP.NET MVC search here.
As far as your concerns around version 1 to version 2 of ASP.NET MVC go, you shouldn't automatically dismiss any ASP.NET MVC v1 resources you come across - the chances are it's still relevant. You may wish to check out the changelist between v1 and v2 to see if anything you learn is now redundant, updated or changed in any way.
There is going to be a lot of help around for MVC 1. If you're looking to learn .NET MVC then most of .NET MVC 1 is relevant. Phil Haack is one of many who has blogged about the blogged about the release of .NET MVC 2. Importantly, he gives a link to the release notes.
Not a great deal has actually changed. Mainly to do with validation in fact. You can use the release notes as a guide. Whenever you're doing something that is 'flagged' in the release notes, then make sure you look for .NET MVC2 help specifically.
Brad Wilson has some nice posts about templates.
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I am an intermediate C# developer and taught myself the basics of C# MVC, but not ASP.NET MVC. I already know classic ASP and ASP.NET though I haven't used them in many years, at least 5, since I mostly do C# desktop development at my job. The thing is, I now want to migrate all of our existing C# applications to the web..
So, I am going to start looking to hire a new developer but my question is this, since I don't really know ASP.NET MVC specifically would it be smart to look for a C# MVC developer only, since I plan to have all our internal C# apps migrated to the web? I know that ASP.NET and C#.NET can be used together but I want to try and keep everything uniform. This person will likely have to understand some C# to be able to migrate our internal apps so should I continue looking for a C# MVC developer only or do you think an ASP.NET developer will have no problem? I imagine there are plenty of ASP.NET MVC developers out there but not as many knowledgable with C#...plus it would help if they understand the not-so-difficult C# written apps when they they migrate to MVC.
Can someone explain the pros/cons or differences between the ASP.NET MVC & C# MVC or what issues I should expect to come across?
Thanks in advance!
Well, there is no C# MVC.
MVC (Model, View, Controller) is an Architect Pattern.
ASP.NET MVC is an implementation of this pattern of Microsoft ASP.NET and you can use C#, VB.Net and other languages to programming on this platform.
You also can build your application using MVC principles (for sample) in a Windows Forms application without any default implementation like ASP.NET MVC.
In general, I try to test for general programming and problem-solving skills.
If a developer cannot quickly pick up a new library or language, I probably don't want to commit to hiring them.
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I was wondering if anyone has any tips on transitioning from PHP to asp.net c#? I've been developing in PHP for 7 years and I'm interested in learning asp.net. However, I've been disappointed with the books that I've read so far. Seems like every asp.net book has so many examples of clicking here and dragging here and right click on this, etc... that I seem to get lost. Learning the C# language isn't bad...I think I'm getting lost in either the IDE or the .NET framework. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I suggest you look at asp.net/mvc, not webforms - it will be a more natural migration.
The good resource is the official site: http://asp.net/mvc - it has tutorials, videos and more.
The .NET base class library (BCL) is very large. It is what you will interact with most of the time (outside of your own code). The only advice I can give - look things up on MSDN. It has very good documentation and it is worth taking your time reading through it.
For Visual Studio - the VS tips and tricks blog is a really good resource to learn about it.
Coming from PHP there's probably less you need to un-learn (I was a classic ASP programmer for a long time and made the jump to .NET about seven years ago).
Microsoft has a bunch of free tutorials, as does the W3Schools site. I found the Macon State tutorials to be extremely helpful when I was starting out:
http://www.maconstateit.net/tutorials/aspnet20/default.htm
The Microsoft exam prep books are pretty straightforward, too, mostly dealing with code instead of drag-and-drop.
I felt the exact same way about the .NET / Visual Studio environment when I first approached it.
If you're not into all the GUI stuff I would recommend George Shepherd's ASP.NET 4 Step by Step from Microsoft Press.
I learned ASP.NET basics on the 3.5 version of this book and I loved it. He really starts with the nuts and bolts stuff (open a telnet window and interact directly with the HTTP server for example) that I think would appeal to most *NIX veterans. His approach gave me a good feel for what all the complicated controls in ASP.NET are really doing under the hood, which was instrumental in growing my understanding of the platform.
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-ASP-NET-Step/dp/0735627010/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325190956&sr=1-5
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I'm a C# ASP.net MVC Developer.
I got a new job and have to move to the java world (which I left few years ago :))
Are there any recommendations for
asp.net mvc equivalent java framework
also,
are there any simmilar technologies like LINQ in java world?
(I've used LINQ with entity framework, I guess I would use Hibernate with it's own query language)
Also, is there a good book / tutorial you know for C# to Java transition?
update: I'm currenly looking at Spring MVC
Check Play framework
Apache Struts is an equivalent to ASP.NET MVC:
http://struts.apache.org/
I used Struts 2 and no problem.
http://struts.apache.org/2.x/index.html
Note: I do NOT recommend Struts 1. They are completely different. Struts 2 is way better.
Disclaimer: I use Ruby on Rails now :)
Edit:
The official docs has plenty of documentation.
http://struts.apache.org/2.2.1.1/docs/home.html
I'd recommend looking at Spring. It's like Enterprise Framework on the .NET side, if I understand the latter correctly.
It's a library of modules built on top of dependency injection and aspect oriented programming.
My experience with JSF 2.0 has been good and i dont feel any need to learn Spring. From books i can recommend "JavaServer faces 2.0: the complete reference" By Ed Burns, Neil Griffin, Chris Schalk
are there any simmilar technologies like LINQ in java world?
Check out Scala language. It's full of functional idioms while cooperates with Java pretty smoothly (actually, it's bytecode is the same as Java's. For example, F# requires it's runtime to execute assembly).
And there is awesome Lift framework supporting MVC pattern among other great features.
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I'm trying to create (with your help) a list of open-source asp.net projects that are worth looking at, for reasons like a nice project design, nice solutions for common problems et cetera. The main effort of this list should be, that you feel that you have learned something from viewing a project's source code.
If you do post a project, please provide a link to the project page and tell us, why the project is worthy being metioned here. You can use this template:
Template:
Project Name:
URL:
Project Description:
Technologies used:
Why is the project worth looking at?:
List of recommendable open-source projects:
Nerddinner
I'm making this a community wiki, so nobody should complain about this question. Feel free to edit it.
Project Name: NerdDinner.com - Where Geeks Eat
URL: http://nerddinner.codeplex.com/
Project Description: Organizing the world's nerds and helping them eat in packs.
Technologies used:
ASP.NET MVC
OpenID
Virtual Earth
Twitter integration
iCal events
RSS Feeds
Why is the project worth looking at?: The best way to learn a new framework is to build something with it. This tutorial walks through how to build a small, but complete, application using ASP.NET MVC, and introduces some of the core concepts behind it.
Make use of www.asp.net and aspallaince.com
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I am starting my first software engineering job in a week and wanted to sharpen my skills up. I'm looking for someone to suggest a good week long, web application project that can help me sharpen up my C#, Javascipt, and JQuery.
Thanks!
Brandon
Edit: As noted below this is a pretty broad question. Let me give a little more background. I am a strong programmer, but an entry level one. My experience as an intern for a year gave me glimpses into a number of the .Net and C# technologies, but what I have never done was put them all together into an inclusive project. I'm looking for a project idea that will have me setting up both client and server side code (purely for practice) that will provide me better insight into how each piece of the puzzle fits together.
write a blog engine. its useful, easy, and has bounded, easily understood requirements.
You could start with one of the ASP.NET Starter Kits and build upon it.
Being that you have C# experience, I highly recommend trying Asp.Net MVC as I feel it is the future of MS Web programming (I am not alone in this opinion... though it is just an opinion).
If nothing else, the MVC (model-view-controller) organization is a well established and useful method of coding that is used accross all sorts of platforms like php, ruby on rails, etc. - not as much of an 'island' like Asp.Net WebForms (Asp.Net WebForms are still great).
There are all sorts of great tutorials, the most famous being Nerd Dinner
You might also want to check out the materials available under the jquery tag on Channel9. There is a great video from PDC2008 that talks about ASP.NET and jQuery and another jQuery for the ASP.NET Developer presentation from DevDays 2010.