- ASP.NET MVC 2 Cookbook
- ASP.NET MVC 2 Cookbook
- Credits
- About the Authors
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Working with the View
- Introduction
- Using magic strings and the ViewData dictionary
- Creating a strongly typed view
- Decoupling a strongly typed view with a View model
- Centralizing display logic with templated helpers
- Using a partial view to segment view code
- Rendering a child view with Html.RenderAction
- Loading a view template from a database with NVelocity
- Consuming a JSON with jQuery
- 2. Taking Action in Your Controllers
- 3. Routing
- Introduction
- Creating a route to support a reporting engine
- Making hackable URLs for a product catalog
- Filter your matches with routing constraints
- Using wildcard parameters to support slug URLs
- Creating a 404 page via routing
- Moving routes out of Global.asax
- Supporting pagination in your URLs
- Supporting content hierarchies with a custom RouteHandler
- Creating a blacklist route constraint
- 4. Master Pages
- Introduction
- How to create a master page
- Determining the master page in the ActionResult
- Controlling which master page is used with a view base class
- Setting the master page from a controller base class
- Passing data to the master page
- Rendering data in a master page from another view
- Creating nested master pages
- 5. Working with Data in the View
- Introduction
- Reintroducing for and foreach
- Handling an array of checkboxes
- Handling an array of radio buttons
- Working with a pageable set of data
- How to navigate sortable data
- Deleting a record with an intermediary "Are you sure?" page
- Adding a jQuery delete link with confirmation
- Master/detail page with inline details via jQuery and a partial view
- Creating a master/detail page with modal pop-up and JSON
- 6. Working with Forms
- Introduction
- Using HTML helpers to create forms
- Building a custom HTML helper to display a WYSIWYG
- Centralizing create and edit forms for reuse
- Adding custom attributes to form elements
- Defining a default button with jQuery
- Hijaxing a form with jQuery
- Performing an auto post-back with a select list
- Autocomplete with jQuery UI
- 7. Simplifying Complex Applications
- Introduction
- Centralized formatting of common types with templated helpers
- Making templated helpers for custom types
- Using areas to separate application components
- Creating a "portable area" to use across multiple applications
- Using input builders of MvcContrib
- Generating forms with Html.InputForm()
- Leaving breadcrumbs for your users with MvcSiteMap
- Displaying tabular data in a grid
- 8. Validating MVC
- 9. Data Access and Storage
- 10. Application, Session, Cookies, and Caching
- Introduction
- Keeping track of anonymous visitors versus logged-in users
- Maintaining a user's information while at your site
- Remembering a previous visitor
- Caching your product catalog for faster response times
- Using output caching to cache an entire page
- Using partial views to cache pieces of a page individually
- Exposing an application API to your presentation layer
In this chapter, we will cover:
- How to create a master page
- Determining the master page in the
ActionResult - Controlling which master page is used with a view base class
- Setting the master page from a controller base class
- Passing data to the master page
- Rendering data in a master page from another view
- Creating nested master pages
Master pages are a very important part of any large-scale site. They allow you to easily manage the boilerplate code that every page in your site uses. This might encompass features such as navigational items, header and footer layout, basic layout, and so on.
In this chapter, we will discuss how to create and use master pages to control application-wide formatting. We will also take a look at how to employ a base page, to control which master page is used. Then we will see how to pass data from the view to the master page.
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