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"An Excellent Introduction to MVC" - by Lisa Morgan on 02-JUN-2011
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I enjoyed this book very much, because it made a good transition from the traditional Web Forms approach. It is based on MVC 2, so it uses uses the Web Forms views instead of Razor, which meant I could concentrate on learning the new patterns instead of having to wade through an unfamiliar HTML syntax at the same time.
It assumes a good grounding in ASP.Net, but did not assume I knew a lot about things like Dependency Injection or routing. Instead it explained routing and the work done by each part of the MVC framework in a way that built naturally on my prior knowledge.
Many MVC books get sidetracked in the early chapters talking about unit testing, third-party tools for DI and the like, and that is a distraction this author avoids. The discussions of testing are just enough. The writing is clear, conversational and shows both a knowledge of the subject and respect for the reader.
In all this book strikes a good balance in pace and content, and I would recommend it as a first introduction to MVC before getting into some of the other books from Wrox and Apress that are deeper dives.
Well done, Mr. Palermo.
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"Good to read" - by Bharat on 24-JAN-2011
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This is the first book I read on MVC and kinda liked it. Few of the chapters were not relevant or hard to digest for the first timers like me. But overall, good book to quickly learn and jump onto the development.
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