Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC

By DathanOn March 19, 2011 · 2 Comments 

Introductory Tutorials

• ASP.NET MVC: The Official Microsoft ASP.NET Site (up to date)
• Creating ASP.NET MVC “Web Site” (Jan 24, 2011)
• 10 Essential Tools for building ASP.NET Websites (Nov 22, 2010)
• MVC or Web Forms? A Dying Question (Oct 29, 2010)
• Five Must Have Tools for MVC Developers (Sep 27, 2010)
• A quick primer on .NET web frameworks-web-frameworks.aspx (Sep 25, 2010)
• Committing To ASP.NET MVC – New DevExpress Extensions (coming soon in v2010 vol 2) (Aug 31, 2010)
• Intro to ASP.NET MVC (Aug 24, 2010)
• What is the difference in <%: variable%> and <%= variable%> in ASP.NET MVC? (Aug 23, 2010)
• The Big Boy MVC Series (25 part series) (Jul 21, 2010)
• Asp.Net MVC: My Personal View Rules (Jul 5, 2010)
• Implementing the MVC Design Pattern in ASP.NET… (Jun 26, 2010)
• ASP.NET MVC Overview in C# (May 25, 2010)
• A Simple Tutorial on Developing ASP.Net Applications in MVC Pattern – Unedited (May 13, 2010)
• Running ASP.NET Webforms and ASP.NET MVC side by side (May 11, 2010)
• ASP.NET MVC and jQuery Part 1 – Getting Started – Unedited (May 4, 2010)
• Introduction to ASP.NET MVC by Coding a Cool App” (aka the MVC Music Store Application and Tutorial) (May 2010)
• ASP.NET MVC Case Studies (Mar 25, 2010)
• MVC for Noobs (Mar 24, 2010)
• How to ASP.NET MVC (Article 1) – Unedited (Mar 14, 2010)
• An innovative architecture to develop web forms – comparison with ASP.NET and MVC (Mar 11, 2010)
• WebForms vs MVC (again) (Mar 11, 2010)
• MVC on ASP.NET without ASP.NET MVC (Feb 10, 2010)
• Understanding ASP.NET MVC (Model View Controller) Architecture for Beginners (Jan 26, 2010)
• About Technical Debates (and ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC debates in particular) (Jan 24, 2010)
• ASP.NET MVC Quick Start Tutorial – Create a Small ASP.NET MVC application step by step (Jan 4, 2010)
• An Introduction to ASP.Net MVC (Jan 3, 2010)
• Exposing the View Model to JavaScript in ASP.NET MVC (Dec 22, 2009)
• Adding MVC capabilities to an existing Web Forms project (Dec 20, 2009)
• Organizing ASP.NET MVC solutions (Dec 8, 2009)
• ASP.NET MVC – Do I Really Need It? (Dec 2009)
• ASP.NET MVC from Basics to Tips and Tricks (Nov 16, 2009)
• ASP.NET MVC wins with simplicity, not features (Nov 11, 2009)
• Beginners Guide’s to ASP.NET MVC Framework – Part 1 of n (Oct 19, 2009)
• Scott Guthrie on ASP.NET MVC versus Web Forms (Oct 2009)
• The dead-end of Web Forms (Oct 1, 2009)
• The 3 Musketeers: – Model, View and Controller using ASP.NET MVC – Part 2 – Unedited (Sep 8, 2009)
• ASP.NET MVC: What is it and should I use it? (Sep 1, 2009)
• ASP.NET MVC Translated for the Web Forms Programmer (4 in a series) (Sep 2009)
• ASP.NET MVC Translated for the Web Forms Programmer (5 in a series) – What the Frig is a View Model? (Sep 2009)
• Your First ASP.NET MVC Application (Aug 31, 2009)
• Creating Application Using ASP.NET MVC Part 1 (Aug 26, 2009)
• ASP.NET WebForms and ASP.NET MVC in Harmony (Aug 19, 2009)
• Using WebControls In ASP.NET MVC Views – Part 3 – Unedited (Aug 12, 2009)
• ASP.NET MVC or Classic ASP.NET – What to Choose (Jul 31, 2009)
• Chapter 1: An Introduction to ASP.NET MVC (Jul 14, 2009)
• ASP.NET MVC Translated for the Web Forms Programmer (3 in a series) (Jun 2009)
• How to choose between ASP.NET MVC and Web Forms (Apr 13, 2009)
• 13 ASP.NET MVC extensibility points you have to know (Apr 8, 2009)
• 5 Reasons You Should Take a Closer Look at ASP.NET MVC (Apr 6, 2009)
• 5 reasons why you should use ASP.NET MVC (Apr 5, 2009)
• ASP.NET MVC 1.0 (Apr 1, 2009)
• ASP.NET MVC Translated for the Web Forms Programmer (1 in a series) (Mar 2009)
• ASP.NET MVC Translated for the Web Forms Programmer (2 in a series) (Mar 2009)
• MVC, MVP, ASP.NET (Oct 31, 2008)
• ASP.NET MVC: Part 2 (Jul 5, 2008)
• ASP.NET MVC – Part 1 (Apr 7, 2008)
• Getting Started with the ASP.NET MVC Framework (Jan 30, 2008)

Advanced Tutorials

• Integrating jQuery DataTables plugin into ASP.NET MVC applications (Feb 8, 2011)
• ASP.NET MVC SubmitLink with jQuery – Using an ‘A’ tag as a submit button (Mar 4, 2011)
• ASP.NET MVC and jQuery Part 4 – Advanced Model Binding – Unedited (May 7, 2010)
• ASP.NET MVC and jQuery Part 2 – Suggesting Content – Unedited (Apr 27, 2010)
• ASP.NET MVC and jQuery Part 3 – Model Binding – Unedited (Apr 27, 2010)
• jQuery + MVC = Progressive Enhancement (Apr 20, 2010 )
• ASP.NET MVC – Add CSS class Attribute
• http://codeharder.com/post/Aspnet-MVC-and-OpenID-Support.aspx
• Setting up SQL Server with ASP.NET MVC
• Ajaxify your ASP.NET MVC Application
• Introduction to Routing in ASP.NET MVC Framework
• Stepping into ASP.NET MVC source code with Visual Studio debugger
• How to make AJAX-requests to ASP.NET MVC application using jQuery
• ASP.NET MVC meets HTML5
• How to make AJAX-requests to ASP.NET MVC application using jQuery
• ASP.NET MVC with jTemplates – Part I
• Javascript Organization for MVC
• Using JsonResult in ASP.NET MVC AJAX

Projects / Resources / Downloadables

• The ASP.NET Web Forms MVP project
• ASP.NET MVC Forms
• ASP.NET MVC 3 Project Templates – Razor Support and Empty Templates
• ASP.NET MVC Sample Applications – Open-Source Examples and Tutorials
• ASP.Net MVC Server Explorer
• Announcing MvcMailer – Send Emails Using ASP.NET MVC View
• ASP.net MVC HTML5 Toolkit
• Postal – Create emails using ASP.NET MVC views
• Announcing NuPack, ASP.NET MVC 3 Beta, and WebMatrix Beta 2
• Xpedite – Runtime Compression, Minification & Combiner
• codebettercanvas Learning Application for ASP.NET MVC
• The Tekpub ASP.NET MVC 2.0 Starter Site
• ASP.NET MVC 2 Web Application Project Template for VS 2008/2010 (coming soon in v2010 vol 2)

Performance Tutorials

• How to improve the performance of ASP.NET MVC web application
• ASP.NET MVC Performance I: Combining resources
• Performance tuning tricks for ASP.NET and IIS 7 – part 1
• Performance tuning tricks for ASP.NET and IIS 7 – part 2
• Squashing the asp.net MVC response – part 1
• Improving ASP.NET MVC Application Performance at MVCConf
• ASP.NET MVC Performance I: Combining resources
• ASP.NET MVC Performance II: Optimizing resources

Mobile Tutorials

• Using jQuery Mobile with ASP.NET MVC (Mar 3, 2011)
• Developing ASP.NET MVC Websites Targeting iPhone and other Mobile Phones
• Practical jQuery Mobile with ASP.NET MVC
• Mix: Mobile Web Sites with ASP.NET MVC and the Mobile Browser Definition File
• Mobile Web Toolkits

MVC 1 Tutorials

• Beginning ASP.NET MVC 1 is now available as a DRM-free PDF ebook

MVC 2 Tutorials

• ASP.NET MVC 2 in Action
• ASP.NET MVC 2 Basics – Working with ListBoxes
• Scott Guthrie: ASP.NET MVC 2
• Introduction to ASP.NET MVC 2.0
• ASP.NET MVC 2 Basics – Working with ListBoxes
• ASP.NET MVC 2 Templates, Part 1: Introduction (Oct 2010)
• Behind the Scenes of ASP.NET MVC 2 (May 13, 2010)

MVC 3 Tutorials

• ASP.NET MVC 3 Roundup of Tutorials, Videos, Labs, and other Assorted Training Materials (Mar 17, 2011)
• Output Caching Actions Gotcha in ASP.NET MVC 3 (Mar 7, 2011)
• Video Web Helper in ASP.NET MVC 3 RC 2 – Add Videos to your Web Pages (Dec 17, 2010)
• Unobtrusive Client Side Validation with Dynamic Contents in ASP.NET MVC 3
• Understanding Request Validation in ASP.NET MVC 3
• Kathleen Dollard Delves into ASP.NET MVC 3
• Highlights of ASP.NET MVC 3
• Introducing ASP.NET MVC 3 (Preview 1)
• Improved JavaScript Model Binding in ASP.NET MVC 3 Preview 1
• 5 Reasons to be Excited about ASP.NET MVC 3
• ASP.NET Application Development Using MVC (23 Feb 2011)
• ASP.NET MVC 3 Tutorials
• Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC 3 and Razor
• Ajax improvements in MVC 3
• ASP.NET MVC 3–What’s in it for you?
• New Features in ASP.NET MVC 3.0 Preview Part 1 (7/29/2010)
• New Features in ASP.NET MVC 3.0 Part 2

Best Practices

• ASP.NET MVC Best Practices (Part 1)
• ASP.NET MVC Best Practices (Part 2)
• ASP.NET MVC Best Practices
• 12 ASP.NET MVC Best Practices
• Best Practices for ASP.NET MVC

View Engine Info

• Razor Engine v2.x (March 7, 2011)
• ASP.NET MVC 3: Razor’s @: and <text> syntax (December 15, 2010)
• Developer Review – Four ASP.NET MVC View Engines (Oct 4, 2010)
• Extending ASP.NET MVC – Replacing the View Engine
• ASP.NET MVC and the Spark View Engine

Videos

• Free ASP.NET MVC 3 Training Videos from Pluralsight
• What’s New in ASP.NET MVC 3 Video
• ASP.NET MVC Data Access Videos & Tutorials (17)
• ASP.NET MVC App Building Videos (61)
• ASP.NET MVC Videos
• ASP.NET MVC – 0 to 30 in 30 minutes
• ASP.NET MVC 2: Basics, Introduction by Scott Hanselman
• ASP.NET MVC 2: Ninja Black Belt Tips by Scott Hanselman
• Microsoft ASP.NET MVC for Web Form Programmers
• Video: Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC Extensions
• ASP.NET MVC Security Videos (5)
• IIS & Hosting Videos for ASP.NET MVC Developers (25)
• Ruby on Rails vs ASP.NET MVC slides, demos and video are online
• ASP.NET MVC Fundamentals Videos & Tutoruals (39)
• Free ASP.NET MVC Training Online
• ASP.NET MVC App Building Videos (61)
• mvcConf – the Virtual ASP.Net MVC Conference
• ASP.NET from Scratch Series
  1. ASP.NET from Scratch: Lesson 1
  2. ASP.NET from Scratch: Lesson 2
  3. ASP.NET from Scratch: Lesson 3
  4. ASP.NET From Scratch: Controllers and Simple Model Validation
  5. ASP.NET from Scratch: SQL Server
  6. ASP.NET from Scratch: Master Pages
  7. ASP.NET from Scratch: MVC
  8. ASP.NET from Scratch: Routing in MVC
  9. ASP.NET from Scratch: Views

Cheat Sheets

• ASP.NET MVC Cheat Sheets (A collection of 7 ASP.NET MVC Cheatsheets)
• ASP.NET MVC Cheat Sheets