Using the ASP.NET MVC ModelBinder (screencast)

blog.maartenballiauw.be — Abstract: "This screencast demonstrates how code can be made more maintainable and testable by delegating binding to client data to the ASP.NET MVC model binder architecture." read more...

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Integrating NUnit test results in Team Build 2008

blog.maartenballiauw.be — When using Team Foundation Server 2008 and Team Build, chances are you are developing unit tests in Microsoft’s test framework which is integrated with Visual Studio 2008. This integration offers valuable data hen a build has been finished on the build server: test run results are published in the Team Foundation Server 2008 data warehouse and can be used to create detailed metrics on how your development team is performing and what the quality of the product being developed is. Not all software development teams are using Microsoft’s test framework. Perhaps your team is using Team Foundation Server 2008 and creates (unit) tests using NUnit. By default, NUnit tests are not executed by the Team Build server nor are they published in the Team Foundation Server 2008 data warehouse. The following guide enables you to leverage the features Team Foundation Server 2008 has to offer regarding metrics, by customizing the build process with the necessary steps to publish test results. read more...

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ASP.Net MVC Extension method to create a Security Aware Html.ActionLin

inq.me — The following is my attempt at creating an "security aware" action link that detects if a user is authorized to click (invoke) the action. The point is to show, hide or disable a link based on the Authorize attribute of the controller. read more...

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Introduction to ASP.NET MVC for VISUG - Presentation materials

blog.maartenballiauw.be — Yesterday evening, I did a presentation on the ASP.NET MVC framework for VISUG (Visual Studio User Group Belgium). I really hope everyone got a good feel on what the ASP.NET MVC framework is all about and what it takes to build an ASP.NET MVC application. Thank you Pieter Gheysens for inviting me for this talk! And thank you audience for being interested for over an hour and a half! A recorded version of this presentation will be available later, for the moment you'll have to do with the presentation materials. The download contains the slides, the Hello World application and the testing demo. The CarTrackr application can be found on CodePlex. read more...

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Forms interaction with ASP.NET MVC (screencast)

blog.maartenballiauw.be — This screencast is a short demonstration on how you can handle form interactions using the ASP.NET MVC framework. read more...

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Using the ASP.NET MVC ModelBinder attribute

blog.maartenballiauw.be — ASP.NET MVC action methods can be developed using regular method parameters. In earlier versions of the ASP.NET MVC framework, these parameters were all simple types like integers, strings, booleans, … When required, a method parameter can be a complex type like a Contact with Name, Email and Message properties. This blog post shows you how to use the ModelBinder attribute which allows ASP.NET MVC action methods to accept complex types. read more...

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Building an ASP.NET MVC sitemap provider with security trimming

blog.maartenballiauw.be — If you have been using the ASP.NET MVC framework, you possibly have been searching for something like the classic ASP.NET sitemap. After you've played with it, you even found it useful! But not really flexible and easy to map to routes and controllers. In this post, Maarten describes how to build a custom sitemap provider which uses ASP.NET MVC route data and AuthorizeAttribute to render MCS sitemap data with security trimming enabled! read more...

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ASP.NET MVC preview release 4 - part 1

weblogs.asp.net — The ASP.NET MVC team is in the final stages of finishing up a new "Preview 4" release that they hope to ship later this week. The Preview 3 release focused on finishing up a lot of the underlying core APIs and extensibility points in ASP.NET MVC. Starting with Preview 4 this week you'll start to see more and more higher level features begin to appear that build on top of the core foundation and add nice productivity. There are a bunch of new features and capabilities in this new build - so much in fact that I decided I needed two posts to cover them all. This first post will cover the new Caching, Error Handling and Security features in Preview 4, as well as some testing improvements it brings. My next post will cover the new AJAX features being added with this release as well. read more...

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