Part 3. ASP.NET MVC

In part 2, we took a look at ASP.NET Web Forms. You might not know it, but using ASP.NET Web Forms isn’t the only way to produce the UI; in part 3, we’re going to investigate the option of building your UI with ASP.NET MVC.

ASP.NET MVC is a new option added in ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 and directly integrated into ASP.NET 4.0 as ASP.NET MVC 2.0. It’s not the new Web Forms, but a completely different approach to solving the same problems. ASP.NET MVC lets you use the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern and is built with testability and great markup control in mind.

Chapter 8 gives you an introduction to ASP.NET MVC and shows the potential that this new toolkit offers when you’re building the UI. You’ll learn how to perform the basic actions that you’re already acquainted with in ASP.NET Web Forms.

Chapter 9 covers customizing and extending ASP.NET MVC to unlock its full potential.