The Syncfusion 'Succinctly' series is a range of free, short ebooks (~100 pages +/-) . http://www.syncfusion.com/resources/techportal/ebooks/ . You might need to register.
The series includes *ASP.NET MVC 4 Mobile Websites Succinctly*<http://www.syncfusion.com/resources/techportal/ebooks/aspnetmvc4>, by Lyle Luppes . ( http://www.syncfusion.com/resources/techportal/ebooks/aspnetmvc4 ). I'd done some Castle-on-Rails in the past, so this was enough to get me going. On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Jamie Surman <jamiesur...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I don't think you are going to need to worry about the page life cycle in > MVC - it's one of the nice things about MVC over webforms, they get rid of > a lot of that level of complexity. > > I've recently read Professional ASP.net mvc > 4<http://www.amazon.com/Professional-ASP-NET-MVC-Jon-Galloway/dp/111834846X> > by > some of the legends at Microsoft (Jon Galloway, Phil Haack), which I think > is an excellent book. I couldn't imagine having to write a webforms app > again now. > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> > *To:* ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, 5 January 2014 2:22 PM > > *Subject:* Re: Recommendations for ASP.Net MVC book > > Hi Iain, your message is well timed, as I'm also jumping head first into > ASP.NET <http://asp.net/> MVC because it seems popular and I'm hoping to > find a neater alternative to the bloated mountain of gotchas that is > WebForms. > > I had this book delivered two weeks ago: Programming ASP.NET MVC 4: > Developing Real-World Web Applications with ASP.NET > MVC<http://www.amazon.com/Programming-ASP-NET-MVC-Developing-Applications/dp/1449320317>. > I also found a free PDF of the whole > book<http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&sqi=2&ved=0CDwQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.e-book-free.com%2F2013%2F07%2Fprogramming_asp.net_mvc_4.pdf&ei=U7HIUq7ZFKSUiQfw9YGYDQ&usg=AFQjCNE0CEZXTR_G6WpS3smtlOo5ASciYg&sig2=BL9OxxBD4CMj1FTVbjDbVw&bvm=bv.58187178,d.dGI&cad=rja> > . > > I don't recommend this book. Hundreds of pages are devoted to databases, > testing, security, caching and building, which have little to do with the > core of learning ASP.NET <http://asp.net/> MVC. I'm angered by the lack > of attention to the vitally important MVC coding techniques and how to > manage the page lifecycle. The book does not contain enough information, > discussion or samples to empower you to dive in and correctly structure and > code a significant app. > > I'm going to buy another book. Maybe someone can recommend one for both of > us. > > Greg K > > > On 5 January 2014 09:58, Iain Carlin <cut...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Happy New Year all, > > I've resisted MVC for too long and have decided to update my knowledge > from ASP.Net forms. > > I think the question may have been asked before but I can't find it in the > archives, can anyone recommend a good book on the subject for someone who > already knows ASP.Net pretty well but wants to start dabbling in MVC? > > Cheers, > > Iain > > > > > -- Dan Cash -- Mob. 0411 468 779 F.A.B. Information Systems Pty Ltd abn 16 084 146 261
