For Questions about the ASP.NET MVC 3 Framework
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When to favor webforms over MVC
I know Microsoft has said "MVC is not a replacement for webforms". Some developers say webforms is faster to develop than MVC, but I believe this all comes down to comfort level with the technology; ...
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What are the definitive guidelines for custom Error Handling in ASP.NET MVC 3?
The process of doing custom error handling in ASP.NET MVC (3 in this case) seems to be incredibly neglected. I've read through the various questions and answers here, on the web, help pages for ...
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Javascript modularity, server based MVC & business reality
I understand this is a very broad question, but I have worked with various aspects of this problem individually and am struggling to bring all the concepts and technologies together.
I'd like to ...
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How Do You Organize Your ASP.NET MVC 3 Applications?
The one thing that I am having a hard time figuring out with developing an extensible application platform in ASP.NET MVC 3 is how to modularize everything into an easy to update and distributable ...
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Use-cases for node.js and c#
I do quite a bit of ASP.NET work (C#, MVC), but most of it is typical web development. I do Restful architecture using CRUD repositories. Most of my clients don't have a lot of advanced requirements ...
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Is there a way to visualize an ASP.NET MVC project, ie class diagram but with the web pages too?
Maybe I'm looking for a dependency visualizer/matrix. I'm not sure. I'm just trying to wrap my head around an existing and large web app, and I like pretty pictures. I know of Autodiagrammer but I ...
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What is the biggest obstacle ASP.NET MVC ever had for you? Why and how it can be fixed? [closed]
What aspects of ASP.NET MVC can be considered bad practices of Microsoft or problematic? In ASP.NET web forms, thing like ViewState, Automatically generated Id and names, single form usage and pattern ...
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Inversion of Control in ASP.NET MVC
I was going to refactor my ASP.NET MVC application and inject some IoC. Last time I was using IoC, Unity was all the rage, but I hated it. It was difficult to setup and had very nondescript errors.
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Whats the logic behind making ViewBag a dynamic object in ASP.NET MVC 3
Last time I checked C# was loved by many because it's a statically typed language but the introduction of ViewBag in ASP.NET MVC 3 brings the same problem that is there with strings: in a controller ...
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Why does microsoft's own included MVC3 template not follow fat models, skinny controllers?
From Microsoft's own built in template for MVC3
The model is extremely skinny, having basically no code.
Model
public class RegisterModel
{
[Required]
[Display(Name = "User name")]
...
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MVVM or MVC? Want to use the same set of classes for WPF and ASP.NET
I am a newbie in terms of Design Patterns. I just started learning MVC when I am hearing a new buzz, MVVM.
I want to learn the insights of both of these by redesigning an old inventory and invoicing ...
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Is the .NET/Microsoft technology stack a financially viable option for a startup with limited finances?
I have an unpaid internship for a very new startup company with little tech experience that's trying to be a Groupon clone. They're currently using Wordpress and I've been trying to decide what web ...
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4answers
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When developing a MVC web application should views or models be created first?
I have to build a new application from scratch, so I want to implement it using MVC3 and try to follow general best practices as closely as possible. However, I'm developing it as a one man army. ...
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1answer
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Session Flash vs TempData C# MVC 3
A little background. A developer I used to work with insisted on disabling Tempdata and using Session Flash for passing data in the return view.
Question is, is there any advantage to doing it ...
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Javascript client - which is likely to be better serverside? WCF or MVC3 controller with restful messages?
I'm looking to write a server side service, which will be accessed from a Javascript/HTML5 client.
The client will likely be sending a bunch of restful messages over HTTPS.
All other things being ...
