Understanding ASP.NET MVC Code (For Aspiring Architects) - #3

This post is a digest of the Understanding Models, Views, and Controllers (C#). It helps to quickly understand the generated code when creating ASP.NET MVC project in Visual Studio.

Resources  Understanding Models, Views, and Controllers (C#).

ASP.NET MVC Project in Visual Studio Three folders created:  Models, Views (ASPX pages sit here), Controllers Urls are SEO friendly (/Home/About) No direct correspondence between URL and the page. Routing Requests mapped to Controller's actions ASP.NET Web Forms are content centric ASP.NET MVC is logic centric ASP.NET Routing maps request to action. Routing is registered in Global.asax Controllers Controls user interaction (flow) with ASP.NET MVC application. Derive from Controller class. Exposes actions that can return ActionResult. Any public method is action (WARNING: can be invoked freely via URL). A controller should only contain the bare minimum of logic required to return the right view or redirect the user to another action (flow control). Views Create folders by Controllers names. Create sub-folders to reflect views that Controller handles. View is ASPX page that inherits from System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage View should contain only logic related to generating the user interface. Models An MVC model contains all of your application logic that is not contained in a view or a controller. Related Materials ASP.NET MVC For Aspiring Architects - #1 How ASP.NET MVC Works (For Aspiring Architects) - #2

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Comments

• Anonymous
  April 07, 2009
  Very informative, Thanx! Still trying to get the hang of this MVC stuff. I must say MVC is very intimidating before you try it.
• Anonymous
  April 11, 2009
  irocon,happy to hear it was helpful for you ;)