MVC Overview. Learn about the differences between ASP.NET MVC application and ASP.NET Web Forms applications. Learn how to decide when to build an ASP.NET MVC application. The Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern separates an application into three main components: the model, the view, and the controller. The ASP.NET MVC framework provides an alternative to the ASP.NET Web Forms pattern for creating MVC-based Web applications. The ASP.NET MVC framework is a lightweight, highly testable presentation framework that (as with Web Forms-based applications) is integrated with existing ASP.NET features, such as master pages and membership-based authentication. The MVC framework is defined in the System.Web.Mvc namespace and is a fundamental, supported part of the System.Web namespace.
MVC is a standard design pattern that many developers are familiar with. The MVC framework includes the following components: Models. Views. Deciding When to Create an MVC Application Author Information. MVC. Introducing ASP.NET MVC 3 (Preview 1) This morning we posted the “Preview 1” release of ASP.NET MVC 3. You can download it here. We’ve used an iterative development approach from the very beginning of the ASP.NET MVC project, and deliver regular preview drops throughout the development cycle. Our goal with early preview releases like the one today is to get feedback – both on what you like/dislike, and what you find missing/incomplete. This feedback is super valuable – and ultimately makes the final product much, much better. As you probably already surmised, ASP.NET MVC 3 is the next major release of ASP.NET MVC.
ASP.NET MVC 3 is compatible with ASP.NET MVC 2 – which means it will be easy to update projects you are writing with MVC 2 to MVC 3 when it finally releases. Below are details about some of the new features and capabilities in today’s “Preview 1” release. View Improvements ASP.NET MVC 3 “Preview 1” includes a bunch of view-specific improvements. Add->View Dialog New “Razor” View Engine Simple Razor Example Global Filters.
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