ASP.NET MVC 2 RC 2 has been released and is available for download.

For those that don't know what ASP.NET MVC 2 is. ASP.NET MVC 2 is a framework for developing highly testable and maintainable Web applications by leveraging the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern. The framework encourages developers to maintain a clear separation of concerns among the responsibilities of the application – the UI logic using the view,...

For a long time I have had to make web reports for our company that could be exported to excel. This is a fairly easy process. All you have to do is put your report in an HTML table and add the following 2 lines of code:

ASP.NET MVC 1.0 has been released. A couple of day ago ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate 2 was released but this is the real deal.

You can download ASP.NET MVC 1.0 here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=53289097-73ce-43bf-b6a6-35e00103cb4b&displaylang=en

Changes Since RC 2

The following changes were made in this release.

• jQuery 1.3.1 was replaced with jQuery 1.3.2 in this release.

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Scott Guthrie (AKA The man!) has posted on his blog that you can download a free ASP.NET MVC eBook Tutorial in pdf format. The book is licensed under a "Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives" license – this means you can share, distribute, print, or hand it out to anyone.

This is what is covered in the book

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 inform...

Channel 9 has a bunch of videos showing all the new stuff in Visual Studio 2010. Below is a list of the videos and a little blurb telling you what the video is about.

Episode 1: Working with the Visual Studio 2010 CTP VPC

we’ll look at how to download and use the Virtual PC image of the Visual Studio 2010 September CTP. We’ll give you tips on how to download this massive (7GB+ compressed) VPC, show you how to get past some pesky expiration ...