I want to create a web application using ASP.Net MVC5. It is a big enterprise application and having lots of modules, earlier i worked on Siverlight and use the Prism architecture.
I already Google this and found lots of posts but most of them are at least 1 year old so just want to know Is there something new coming introduced which help me to implement the plugin framework.
Hi I was also in search of similar things. I found below helpful.
MVC plug in architecture
MEF in MVC
Related
I really hope that this isn't a duplicate post somewhere else on SO but I've searched long and hard and I'm coming up blank.
In PHP if you used a framework like CakePHP you could "bake" your project which would generate the code for your models, views and controllers using your MySQL database ERD (see here http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/console-and-shells/code-generation-with-bake.html). This saves tons of time and has become a requirement for me these days.
That said. I can't seem to find any information if a similar function exists either in Visual Studio 2012 or the MVC 4.5 framework. Does anyone know if I can "bake" a .Net MVC 4.5 project from my DB schema?
Thanks in advance for any help.
It is called Scaffolding. You can read a nice tutorial on codeproject: Database First Development with ASP.NET MVC Scaffolding and Entity Framework
I wonder if Umbraco 5, which is based on MVC, is appropriate for a Line of Business application, mainly to handle extensibility.
Would it be a good ideia to use Umbraco as a base, and create modules to be installed on it?
Does Umbraco use MEF for extensibility, or something similar?
Note: I don't have any experience with Umbraco.
as you properly know umbraco 5 is only in beta mode atm..
but umbraco 5 looks really promising, you can read some of umbraco thoughts about MEF here
I am thinking of using nHibernate.Burrow in my mvc.net application. However there are several troubling things that I have read and I am hoping to get them sorted out before I embark on the project:
Are there any issues with running .Burrow with mvc.net?
Are there issues with running .Burrow with the 4.0 framework?
How tightly coupled is .Burrow with the nHibernate? I have read several things indicating that I have to use the same version of nHibernate as was used to create the .Burrow binaries.
Any other thoughts that people have?
Yes, you should use Burrow with appropriate NHibernate version. If you want to use it with another one you can try to put assemblyRedirect in web.config file.
And I wouldn't try to use Burrow with MVC. Yes, it has Session magement and some other usefull featrures, but they are tied to ASP.NET Web Forms.
As a base framework for mvc applications I would suggest Sharp Architecture. It has all required binaries and all versions are latest.
I am trying to learn EF 4 and its code only features. I tried the following great articles and was able to make a sample application.
http://blogs.taiga.nl/martijn/2009/11/22/entity-framework-4-0-a-fresh-start-with-demo-application/#reply
http://blogs.msdn.com/efdesign/archive/2009/10/12/code-only-further-enhancements.aspx
But I am looking for a good reference library / website on Code only feature. I tried searching MSDN but couldn't find it.
Please help.
Thanks a lot.
There might not be many of them yet. Code only is still in beta-stage and was not released with Visual Studio 2010 RTM. If you plan to use it in a productive environment you should consider using fluent nhibernate or waiting to the final release.
http://blogs.msdn.com/efdesign/archive/2009/06/10/code-only.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/efdesign/archive/2009/10/12/code-only-further-enhancements.aspx
Here is a blog article with fully working sample code in ASP.NET MVC 2 in a tutorial form that shows how to use both EF 4.0 Code First and in conjunction with ASP.NET MVC 2. It discusses advanced features of EF 4.0 Code First such as mapping to existing databases and customizing the standard conventions in EF 4 Code First.
The link: http://theminimalistdeveloper.com/how-to-map-to-existing-databases-in-entity-fr
My first experience with ASP.NET MVC and the Entity Framework has raised my interest in this framework and I would like to implement some basic applications, covering the basic requirements of real-world web applications. So far the support given by VS 2008 is already impressive.
For some areas however, it might be a time saver to use existing add-ons or libraries of all kind. Are there already commercial or open solutions which I should take a look at?
Some of them:
S#arp architecture
MVCContrib
MVC Project Awesome
Be sure to check out example projects.
Telerik has made some UI stuff too (haven't checked out yet).
You might be interested to check out other view engines like:
Spark (this one kicks a$$)
NHaml
Haack recently posted about .less - might be worth checking out for managing css
T4MVC by David Ebbo library is a nice solution how to make your asp.net mvc app more strongly typed.
For UI testing - Watin framework.
Here's Jimmy talking about implementation and solution of common problems when doing UI testing. Seems to me that he prefers Gallio + NBehave + MbUnit combo but i personally like BehaveN (it doesn't need test runner, is not tied with particular unit test framework).
HtmlAgilityPack is a nice tool if working with raw html is necessary.
MvcTurbine might simplify technical part of your asp.net-mvc project.
Found useful MvcExtensions extension made by Kazi Manzur Rashid.
For managing javascript and css - Chirpy.
Object to object mapper for MVVM support - AutoMapper.
elmah is great for error logging.
Not necessarily MVC specific, but:
MVC lends itself to take advantage of all the jQuery UI controls and pretty things.
There's also Elmah, and StructureMap for DI/IOC.
Nothing much else to add here except that xVal is a really nice validation library, utilising jQuery. My company is currently in the process of moving from a 'roll-your-own' solution to this.
There are some useful links at the bottom of this post.
Including:
MVC HtmlHelper for Gravatar
Paging HtmlHelper for ASP.NET MVC
Marquee and GridView HtmlHelpers for ASP.NET MVC
ReCAPTCHA HtmlHelper (and also a solution to use ReCAPTCHA in ASP.NET MVC)
ASP.Net MVC Extension method to create a Security Aware Html.ActionLink
CheckboxList Helper
Also, keep an eye on some of the big component developers. Telerik has a demo of some MVC components and I hear DeveloperExpress has some on the way too.
Just to add details to Telerik's MVC support:
We just kicked-off our official support for ASP.NET MVC with last week's CTP. Our new UI Extensions for MVC will aim to bring the productivity of WebForms to MVC without violating any MVC concepts. Our new extensions are built from the ground-up specifically for MVC and they will leverage jQuery on the client for all behaviors and Ajax.
Further, the Extensions are completely open source, licensed under the Microsoft Public License (MS-PL) - the same license that the ASP.NET MVC framework ships under. You can find the CTP source today on Telerik.com or on CodePlex:
http://telerikaspnetmvc.codeplex.com/
All of that said, this is our early support. We will ship the first 3 UI Extensions in November and build from there in 2010. The first planned Extensions are:
Grid
Menu
TabStrip
You can find more details, demos, and downloads on Telerik.com:
www.telerik.com/mvc
Hope that helps.