13th October 2009

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In this article, Brendan reviews Packt Publishing's "ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Quickly" book. He briefly describes the book while pointing out what the book has done well and where it could have done better. If you are looking for a book on ASP.NET MVC you should read this review of Maarten Balliauw's book.

http://aspalliance.com/1871_Review_ASPNET_MVC_10_Quickly

Editor's Comments

The routing that is used for ASP.NET MVC will be available for use with ASP.NET 4.0 with web forms. Scott Guthrie just posted about this today, giving a quick example of how the routing will work for web forms. Instead of routing the request to a controller, it will go to a specified page, and the parameters will become querystring parameters for the web forms page. This functionality appears like it will work very similarly to how this has previously been done with web forms. Now it will be a first-class citizen of ASP.NET web forms, which should eliminate barriers for some development shops. Scott has really been mentioning some very good stuff in his series of ASP.NET posts in which this is the eighth.

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In this article, Scott examines the features of the web.config file that developers use in .NET Framework 4.0. He provides a brief summary of the config file which ships with the previous versions of .NET and then provides crisp coverage of the new file.

ADO.NET 3.5 coupled with LINQ and Entity Framework provides many possibilities for developers. Read what Anand has to say about Anne's latest book on these advanced topics. Will this book help you learn the concepts easily? Does it include adequate coverage with real world code samples? Find it now by reading this review.

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Sometimes you need to create reports quickly. You might not always have time to format fancy reports containing graphs. Or maybe you have to create reports that do not need graphs. Reusing one ASP.NET web page you can display many reports.

In this article the author presents a comprehensive solution to build a GridView with template fields generated at run time with in-place Insert, Delete and Edit operations with a full description of an effective implementation and usage of ITemplate interface.

In this fourth part of the series, Vince Varallo examines the creation of an employee report and demonstrates the usage of Crystal Reports object model to change the grouping fields and manipulate the properties of the group at runtime to show or hide sections, reset the page number, or insert a page break using Visual Studio 2008. He provides a step-by-step analysis of each procedure with the help of relevant screen shots and source code.

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In this article, Vince walks the user through the process of creating a Crystal Report as a web service and then creating a web site to consume the service. After providing a short introduction, he examines the relevant steps which includes the creation of a web service, adding crystal reports file, and establishing database connectivity using Visual Studio 2008. Towards the end of the article, he examines the creation of a web site with the help of relevant source code and screenshots.

In this fourth part of the series, Vince Varallo examines the creation of an employee report and demonstrates the usage of Crystal Reports object model to change the grouping fields and manipulate the properties of the group at runtime to show or hide sections, reset the page number, or insert a page break using Visual Studio 2008. He provides a step-by-step analysis of each procedure with the help of relevant screen shots and source code.

In this third part of the series, Varallo shows how to rebuild the Invoice created in Part 1 using disconnected datasets instead of connecting directly to the database. This gives the user the flexibility to manipulate the data and implement rules in a c# business class rather than in the report. He provides a detailed overview of each concept in a step-by-step manner supported with screen shots and source code.

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In this second part of the series, Eric shows the reader how to create a burndown chart using Reporting Services, Visual Studio 2008, and Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 for an agile project. After giving a short introduction and the requirements, he examines the creation of burndown reports with the help of relevant SQL statements and screen shots.

In this first part of the series, Eric shows the reader how to create two reports using Reporting Services, Visual Studio 2008, and Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 for an agile project. After giving a short introduction and the requirements, he examines the creation of scenario story report with the help of relevant SQL and screen shots.

This article examines the steps the author took to make the local reports work using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services in ASP.NET.