Siemer A., Kimber R. - ASP.NET MVC 2 Cookbook [2011, PDF, ENG]

•Preface

•Chapter 1: Working with the View
◦Introduction
◦Using magic strings and the ViewData dictionary
◦Creating a strongly typed view
◦Decoupling a strongly typed view with a View model
◦Centralizing display logic with templated helpers
◦Using a partial view to segment view code
◦Rendering a child view with Html.RenderAction
◦Loading a view template from a database with NVelocity
◦Consuming a JSON with jQuery

•Chapter 2: Taking Action in Your Controllers
◦Introduction
◦Exposing JSON using a JsonResult with Json.NET
◦A custom ActionResult to return an image
◦Specifying the size of an ImageResult
◦Creating a CAPTCHA system
◦Generating a PDF order summary
◦Implementing a controller factory for use with StructureMap

•Chapter 3: Routing
◦Introduction
◦Creating a route to support a reporting engine
◦Making hackable URLs for a product catalog
◦Filter your matches with routing constraints
◦Using wildcard parameters to support slug URLs
◦Creating a 404 page via routing
◦Moving routes out of Global.asax
◦Supporting pagination in your URLs
◦Supporting content hierarchies with a custom RouteHandler
◦Creating a blacklist route constraint

•Chapter 4: Master Pages
◦Introduction
◦How to create a master page
◦Determining the master page in the ActionResult
◦Controlling which master page is used with a view base class
◦Setting the master page from a controller base class
◦Passing data to the master page
◦Rendering data in a master page from another view
◦Creating nested master pages

•Chapter 5: Working with Data in the View
◦Introduction
◦Reintroducing for and foreach
◦Handling an array of checkboxes
◦Handling an array of radio buttons
◦Working with a pageable set of data
◦How to navigate sortable data
◦Deleting a record with an intermediary "Are you sure?" page
◦Adding a jQuery delete link with confirmation
◦Master/detail page with inline details via jQuery and a partial view
◦Creating a master/detail page with modal pop-up and JSON

•Chapter 6: Working with Forms
◦Introduction
◦Using HTML helpers to create forms
◦Building a custom HTML helper to display a WYSIWYG
◦Centralizing create and edit forms for reuse
◦Adding custom attributes to form elements
◦Defining a default button with jQuery
◦Hijaxing a form with jQuery
◦Performing an auto post-back with a select list
◦Autocomplete with jQuery UI

•Chapter 7: Simplifying Complex Applications
◦Introduction
◦Centralized formatting of common types with templated helpers
◦Making templated helpers for custom types
◦Using areas to separate application components
◦Creating a "portable area" to use across multiple applications
◦Using input builders of MvcContrib
◦Generating forms with Html.InputForm()
◦Leaving breadcrumbs for your users with MvcSiteMap
◦Displaying tabular data in a grid

•Chapter 8: Validating MVC
◦Introduction
◦Basic input validation
◦Data annotations
◦Client-side validation with jQuery
◦Custom validators
◦Remote validation with jQuery

•Chapter 9: Data Access and Storage
◦Introduction
◦Mocking your data layer with NBuilder
◦Adding support for LINQ to SQL
◦Going old school with ADO.NET
◦XML documents as a data store

•Chapter 10: Application, Session, Cookies, and Caching
◦Introduction
◦Keeping track of anonymous visitors versus logged-in users
◦Maintaining a user's information while at your site
◦Remembering a previous visitor
◦Caching your product catalog for faster response times
◦Using output caching to cache an entire page
◦Using partial views to cache pieces of a page individually
◦Exposing an application API to your presentation layer

•Index