Programming ASP.NET MVC 4: Developing Real-World Web Applications with ASP.NET MVC
Get up and running with Asp.Net Mvc 4, and learn how to build modern server-side web applications. This guide helps you understand how the framework performs, and shows you how to use various features to solve many real-world development scenarios you’re likely to face. In the process, you’ll learn how to work with Html, JavaScript, the Entity Framework, and other web technologies. You’ll start by learning core concepts such as the Model-View-Controller architectur
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Good Breadth of Topics,
The book tries to walk you through the building of an online auction site, called Ebuy, but indeed it wasn’t executed too well. I wasn’t planning on writing the code while reading through the book anyway, so personally I didn’t care. If you do enjoy coding as you read, however, you will no doubt be disappointed. I checked out the source code for the book on GitHub, and the source code doesn’t do the book justice. The sample code needs to be a bit more feature-rich and show off much more of the book’s content to be of real use. Hopefully the authors will add more to the source code. That being said, there are still plenty of good and short samples on ASP.NET MVC and related technology in the book that have nothing to do with Ebuy.
I have been programming ASP.NET MVC for a long time and haven’t bought a recent book on the subject. Therefore, I can’t compare this to a more recent book. My gut is that this book is probably more for experienced MVC developers who desire a reference book that touches upon a lot of topics. I, personally, wouldn’t recommend it to a new or inexperienced MVC developer wanting to understand ASP.NET MVC in depth from the ground up. Those who enjoy exposure to a wide variety of subjects and proven practices with short and sweet examples will enjoy the book the most.
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|Really Disjointed, Not Clear,
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Authors’ website says that the code is not finished, but I suspect that it will never be finished. At no point the reader can have anything resembling compilable code. If you have an application, and you need some refresher how to write JQuery selector or asynchronous controller – this can be a decent reference (although for any specific topic search – and you will find better references. As a programming guide it is fairly useless.
I think the authors are targeting technical managers; people who need to understand technology, but don’t write code themselves. This book can be read on the plane without computer.
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