- Brad Abrams writes about “What is .NET RIA Services“. Here is a small bit of this article:
Microsoft .NET RIA Services simplifies the traditional n-tier application pattern by bringing together the ASP.NET and Silverlight platforms. The RIA Services provides a pattern to write application logic that runs on the mid-tier and controls access to data for queries, changes and custom operations. It also provides end-to-end support for common tasks such as data validation, authentication and roles by integrating with Silverlight components on the client and ASP.NET on the mid-tier. - C# 4.0 goes dynamic - a step too far? Here is a small bit of this article:
With C# 3.0 still so new that many are only just beginning to appreciate, let alone use, its new features it might seem premature to be discussing the next version of the most popular .NET language. Microsoft, however, has its plans for C# 4.0 well advanced, and the changes are so important that you might not recognise your favourite language after the upgrade. Now is the time to look over the horizon in the hope that end users can influence the outcome.
The first thing to say is that C# occupies a very special niche in the panoply of .NET languages. When it was introduced there were essentially two classes of Windows programmers corresponding to mastery and use of either VB or C++. The split was fairly clear-cut as VB was easy to learn and easy to use but limited, and C++ was difficult to fathom but could do anything. You can even think of C++ as an object-oriented machine-independent assembly language if you want to, but VB, being interpreted and well removed from machine constructs, was no such thing. In addition there was also the aesthetic distinction to take into account – VB being messy and pragmatic and C++ pure and logical. Of course none of these characterisations is 100% true, they are just approximations to an average truth that is at least recognised by most programmers even if they’d argue over the fine details.
I saw this on Scott’s blog and decided to post it also over here. This is new book about ASP.NET MVC. Here is what is inside this sample chapter:
The tutorial starts by using the File->New Project command in Visual Studio to create a brand new ASP.NET MVC project, and then incrementally adds functionality and features. Along the way it covers how to:
* Create a database
* Build a model with validation and business rules
* Implement data listing/details UI on a site using Controllers and Views
* Enable CRUD (Create, Update, Delete) data form entry
* Use the ViewModel pattern to pass information from a Controller to a View
* Re-use UI across a site using partials and master pages
* Implement efficient data paging
* Secure an application using authentication and authorization
* Use AJAX to deliver dynamic updates
* Use AJAX to add interactive map support
* Perform automated unit testing (including dependency injection and mocking)
Download Links
- Download the free end-to-end tutorial chapter in PDF form
- Download the source code + unit tests for the completed application
- Learn more about the book from the official Wrox page
- Purchase the full book from Amazon.