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gabsferreira
gabsferreira

Reputation: 3137

Test-Drive ASP.NET MVC

I'm starting to work on a new project that uses ASP.NET MVC 3. A friend of mine owns the book Test-Drive ASP.NET MVC by Johnathan McCracken, but this book covers ASP.NET MVC version 2.

Anyone knows if I'm going to have lots of trouble because of the version difference? Is this book too outdated?

Thank you.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 156

Answers (2)

StanK
StanK

Reputation: 4770

You could definitely learn using an ASP.Net MVC 2 book, as much of the framework is the same.

However, as others have noted, the biggest difference you will notice is with the 'View Engine'. Most examples now use the 'Razor' engine, as opposed to the old version 2 View Engine (I don't know if it actually had a name) which is cumbersome and ugly by comparison.

So you could learn using your version 2 book, and learn the Razor view from the web, but you might as well just start learning version 3 from any number of different web sites and save yourself the pain of all the angle brackets of the version 2 View Engine.

Upvotes: 2

user5398447
user5398447

Reputation:

ASP.NET MVC builds on previous ASP.NET MVC versions. If your book is MVC 2, you should still be able to grasp the model-view-controller concept.

For a list of differences (additions introduced in MVC 3) see this:

  • Extensible Scaffolding with MvcScaffold integration
  • HTML 5 enabled project templates
  • The Razor View Engine
  • Support for Multiple View Engines
  • Controller Improvements
  • JavaScript and Ajax
  • Model Validation Improvements
  • Dependency Injection Improvements
  • Other New Features

Personally, the Razor View Engine was quite useful for a project I had....especially vs .aspx.

Upvotes: 2

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