As mentioned in Chapter 1, we will use the MVC Music Store application for a lot of our samples in this book. You can find out more about the MVC Music Store application at http://mvcmusicstore.codeplex.com. The Music Store tutorial is intended for beginners and moves at a pretty slow pace; because this is a professional series book, we'll move faster and cover some more advanced background detail. If you want a slower, simpler introduction to any of these topics, feel free to refer to the MVC Music Store tutorial. It's available online in HTML format and as a 150-page downloadable PDF. MVC Music Store was published under Creative Commons license to allow for free reuse, and we'll be referencing it at times.
The MVC Music Store application is a simple music store that includes basic shopping, checkout, and administration, as shown in Figure 2.1.
The following store features are covered: