Technology: Starting with ASP.NET MVC2
I'm trying to create a new storefront for my wife and as I've been given a chance to develop a site from the ground up I decided to take the opportunity to learn some new things. This weekend has been a sit down with several tutorials, screen-casts and talks.
I want to take the chance to introduce;
ASP.NET MVC 2 brings website development to a whole new level. It's available as an additional download for VS2008 SP1 or VS2008 Web Developer Express. As a developer who hates complicating pages with code/html mix, who hates making database calls alongside layout logic, MVC2 is a breath of fresh air. It's the same concepts I developed the PHP5 framework around and I think I made that easier but nowhere near as fully featured as this technology.
In decided to use the technology, I wanted to go all out and make sure I took the time to better understand Dependancy Injection (StructureMap and Ninject) and learn a lot of things along the way. Hopefully, I'll actually manage to bring the learning to this site, either as a .NET rewrite (although that would involve host changes etc.) or I'll get a contact form and user interaction going on here and share my experiences.
One of the videos I watched this weekend was a presentation by Scott Hanselman on "Ninja black belt tips" in ASP.NET MVC2. It wasn't quite a guided tour of that particular product, but what it was was some eye opening techniques and tips that made me enjoy the entire 75 minutes start to finish.
ASP.NET MVC2 Ninja Blackbelt Tips & Tricks
Check it out, it's illuminating.