An outstanding author team presents the ultimate Wrox guide to ASP.NET MVC 4

Microsoft insiders join giants of the software development community to offer this in-depth guide to ASP.NET MVC, an essential web development technology. Experienced .NET and ASP.NET developers will find all the important information they need to build dynamic, data-driven websites with ASP.NET and the newest release of Microsoft's Model-View-Controller technology. Featuring step-by-step guidance and lots of code samples, this guide gets you started and moves all the way to advanced topics, using plenty of examples.

• Designed to give experienced .NET and ASP.NET programmers everything needed to work with the newest version of MVC technology
• Expert author team includes Microsoft ASP.NET MVC insiders as well as leaders of the programming community
• Covers controllers, views, models, forms and HTML helpers, data annotation and validation, membership, authorization, security, and routing
• Includes essential topics such as Ajax and jQuery, NuGet, dependency injection, unit testing, extending MVC, and Razor
• Includes additional real-world coverage requested by readers of the previous edition as well as a new case study example chapter

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An updated guide to ASP.NET MVC 4 from an author dream team

Learn ASP.NET MVC 4, a cutting-edge web framework, from Microsoft insiders and respected software development community leaders. After a brief introduction to the ASP.NET MVC framework, the authors dive straight into all the important information you need to build dynamic, data-driven websites with ASP.NET and the newest release of Microsoft's Model-View-Controller technology. Featuring step-by-step guidance and numerous code examples, this book guides you from basics to advanced topics.

Professional ASP.NET MVC 4:

• Explains how the ASP.NET MVC framework differs from other "file per page" web frameworks

• Covers controllers, views, models, forms and HTML helpers, data annotations and validation, membership, authorization, security, and routing

• Highlights essential topics such as Ajax and jQuery, NuGet, dependency injection, unit testing, extending MVC, and Razor

• Puts everything in context with a case study of a real-world, high-volume ASP.NET MVC site: the NuGet Gallery

• Includes additional real-world coverage requested by readers of the previous edition

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About the Author

Jon Galloway works at Microsoft as a Community Program Manager. He wrote the MVC Music Store tutorial and helps manage ASP.NET site content.

Phil Haack is a developer at GitHub, a developer website used by more than a million programmers.

Brad Wilson is a developer on the ASP.NET team and has been a professional software developer for nearly 20 years.

K. Scott Allen is the founder of OdeToCode LLC. He provides custom development, consulting, and mentoring services for clients around the world.