Chapter 7. SportsStore: A Real Application

We've built a quick, simple MVC application. We've looked at the MVC pattern. We've refreshed our memories about the essential C# features and tools that good MVC developers require. Now it's time to put everything together and build a realistic e-commerce application.

Our application, SportsStore, will follow the classic approach taken by online stores everywhere. We'll create an online product catalog that customers can browse by category and page, a shopping cart where users can add and remove products, and a checkout where customers can enter their shipping details. We'll also create an administration area that includes create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) facilities for managing the catalog—and we'll protect it so that only logged-in administrators can make changes.