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ASP.NET MVC Basics

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Introduction

3:01 with James Churchill

In this course, you’ll learn the basics of ASP.NET MVC, an open source web framework from Microsoft.

Throughout this course, we’ll be building a Comic Book Gallery website. You can preview the completed project at http://comic-book-gallery.azurewebsites.net.

Additional Learning

Here are some Treehouse courses and workshops that you might find helpful to complete before viewing this workshop.

ASP.NET on Mac OS X and Linux

Currently, the only way to develop and run ASP.NET websites on a Mac or Linux computer is to install and use an open source version of the .NET Framework known as Mono. All of that changes this year, when Microsoft releases a new version of ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core 1.0.

If you want to learn how to use Mono on a Mac or Linux computer, here are some resources that will help get you started:

For more information about ASP.NET Core 1.0, see these resources:

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    [MUSIC] 0:00
    If you're like most developers that I know you've used the popular website 0:04
    Stack Overflow. 0:09
    Stack Overflow is used by millions of developers every month 0:10
    to get answers to a wide variety of technology related questions. 0:14
    These days If you're not using Google for 0:19
    searching the web, you're likely using Microsoft's Bing. 0:21
    Or maybe you're a gamer and you visited the xbox.com website for 0:26
    information on all of the latest Xbox games. 0:30
    What do all these websites have in common? 0:34
    They all offer interesting, compelling features to their users, 0:37
    while handling large volumes of web traffic. 0:42
    And they all use ASP.NET MVC. 0:45
    Hi, my name is James and I'm a developer. 0:49
    In this course, you'll learn the basics of ASP.NET MVC, 0:53
    an open source web framework from Microsoft. 0:57
    By the end of this course you'll learn how to create a project, 1:00
    work with controllers and views, model data and more. 1:04
    As we learn about ASP.NET MVC we'll create a comic book gallery website. 1:08
    Our completed website will have a page for viewing a list of comic books, and 1:14
    a page for viewing the details for a specific comic book. 1:18
    I'm going to assume that you know the basics of working with C#, HTML and CSS. 1:24
    If you're unfamiliar with any of those topics, or 1:30
    maybe you need a refresher, be sure to check the teacher's notes for 1:33
    links to other Treehouse courses that cover those items. 1:37
    Throughout this course, we'll be using Visual Studio, 1:41
    a powerful development tool from Microsoft. 1:44
    Visual Studio gives us a great set of tools for developing ASP.NET MVC websites. 1:48
    There's even a free version available, Visual Studio Community, 1:54
    making it easy and affordable to get up and running. 1:58
    You'll need a Windows computer to run Visual Studio. 2:02
    If you only have access to a Mac or Linux computer, check out the teacher's 2:05
    notes for resources on how to get started on those platforms. 2:09
    When comparing ASP.NET MVC to other web technologies like HTML or 2:12
    JavaScript, can seem difficult or challenging to learn. 2:18
    That's completely understandable. 2:23
    There's a lot to know, but don't worry, we'll work through it step by step, 2:25
    incrementally building up your knowledge and skills, you've got this. 2:31
    One last thing, saying ASP.NET MVC, well that can be a mouthful. 2:35
    Given that it's very common for developers to just refer to it as MVC. 2:42
    I'll do us both a favor and use the shorter name going forward. 2:48
    All right, that's enough introduction. 2:52
    In the next video we'll answer the question what is ASP.NET MVC? 2:54

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