Entity Framework with ASP.NET MVC
Treehouse
Course Summary
In Entity Framework Basics, you learned how to use Entity Framework to persist data to a database within the context of a console application. In this course, you'll learn how to use Entity Framework within the Comic Book Library Manager web app—a web application developed using the ASP.NET MVC web framework. You'll work on completing this web app so that users can create, update, and delete comic books from their digital library. Throughout this course you'll learn by example by completing hands-on coding exercises. See how to put EF related code into its own class library project, retrieve and persist data from within a web app, organize your data access code using popular design patterns, and more!
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Course Description
About this Course In Entity Framework Basics, you learned how to use Entity Framework to persist data to a database within the context of a console application. In this course, you'll learn how to use Entity Framework within the Comic Book Library Manager web app—a web application developed using the ASP.NET MVC web framework. You'll work on completing this web app so that users can create, update, and delete comic books from their digital library.Throughout this course you'll learn by example by completing hands-on coding exercises. See how to put EF related code into its own class library project, retrieve and persist data from within a web app, organize your data access code using popular design patterns, and more! What you'll learn
- Leveraging Class Library Projects
- Adding EF to an ASP.NET MVC Project
- Managing the Context's Lifetime
- Using Data Access Design Patterns
About the Teacher
Before joining the Treehouse team, James worked as a consultant for over 10 years doing web development using .NET and variety of open source technologies. James enjoys participating in the developer community, presenting at and attending meetups, code camps, and conferences. When not working, James enjoys learning, skiing, playing music, and watching movies. Find him on Twitter @SmashDev.
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Course Syllabus
Project Setup
We'll start by taking a look at the Comic Book Library Manager web app. Then we'll add class library and ASP.NET MVC projects to the existing Comic Book Library Manager console app project's Visual Studio solution. We'll also add a set of starter files to our MVC project and see how you can use a view model to supply data to a view. 6 steps- Using Entity Framework with MVC Web Apps 2:30
- Introducing the Comic Book Library Manager Web App 4:05
- Adding the Class Library Project 8:32
- Adding the ASP.NET MVC Project 6:22
- Reviewing the Provided Project Code 6:37
- Section Review 5 questions
Entity Framework and ASP.NET MVC
Now that we have our solution setup, we'll configure EF and update the comic books controller to use EF for all of its data retrieval and persistence. Along the way, we'll see how we can hook into the controller's lifetime in order to manage the lifetime of the database context. You'll also have the chance to work on a hands-on exercise as you finish the comic book artists controller. 9 stepsData Access Design Patterns
Now that our web app has been updated to use EF, we'll look at some ways we can improve the design and organization of our data access code. We'll see how we can use the repository pattern in a variety of ways including creating a generic base repository class to help facilitate implementing entity-type-focused repositories. We'll also take a look at using query and command classes as an alternative to using repositories. 9 stepsCompleting the Project
We'll complete the course with a set of exercises for you to complete: one exercise to finish the "Series" section and another to finish the "Artists" section. 5 steps
