About

This website is two things. First, it is the place where I collect information about my books, including reviews of selected works. As such it reflects my library and my views.

Second, it is a sample app for ASP.NET MVC 1.0 applications. ASP.NET MVC is a great web application framework and I hope all who download this find it helpful. But first, a few important notes.

Notes

  1. THIS IS A BIT OF ALPHA CODE! If you are expecting this to be highly-polished, full-featured and bug-free you will be disappointed. I was hoping for more time to spend on this before releasing it into the world. It is always unnerving to do something like this, especially when you know it is incomplete at best. But such is life.
  2. Neither MvcContrib nor the MVC Futures were used in this project or in the talk that this project was related to. They are fine projects, but when learning a framework it is best to learn it as is, and then learn ways to improve it. This is why they were not included in any way in this. But I do recommend taking a look at them.
  3. If you decide to use this please let me know. That way we can keep in contact when I release new versions. You can find my contact information here.
  4. The full database schema + procs can be found in the SchemaAndProcsScript.sql file in the database project. To get started, create a database, run that script and point the website at it. If you have any issues, contact me.
  5. For more information on MVC, please see Microsoft's MVC site or my How ASP.NET MVC Works tutorial site

Download the source here.

Download the Powerpoint file from the NDDNUG presentation here.