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 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)_
You can download the book here: http://aspnetmvcbook.s3.amazonaws.com/aspnetmvc-nerdinner_v1.pdf
Scott Guthrie also announced that the ASP.NET MVC framework is about to ship any day now. Check out Scott Guthrie’s blog post here: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/03/10/free-asp-net-mvc-ebook-tutorial.aspx where he has some more info about the book.
Denis has been working with SQL Server since version 6.5. Although he worked as an ASP/JSP/ColdFusion developer before the dot com bust, he has been working exclusively as a database developer/architect since 2002. In addition to English, Denis is also fluent in Croatian and Dutch, but he can curse in many other languages and dialects (just ask the SQL optimizer) He lives in Princeton, NJ with his wife and three kids.
