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ASP.NET MVC 4 Mobile App Development

By : Andy Meadows
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ASP.NET MVC 4 Mobile App Development

By: Andy Meadows

Overview of this book

The ASP.NET MVC 4 framework is used to build scalable web applications with the help of design patterns and .NET Framework. The Model-View-Controller (MVC) is a design principle which separates the components of a web application. This separation helps you to modify, develop, and test different components of a web application. ASP.NET MVC 4 Mobile App Development helps you to develop next generation applications, while guiding you to deal with the constraints the mobile web places on application development. By the end of the book, you will be well versed with all the aspects of mobile app development. ASP.NET MVC 4 Mobile App Development introduces you to developing mobile web apps using the ASP.NET MVC 4 framework. Walking you through the process of creating a homebrew recipe sharing application, this book teaches you the fundamentals and concepts relevant to developing Internet-ready mobile-enabled web apps. Through the sample application, you will learn how to secure your apps against XSS and CSRF attacks, open up your application to users using third party logins such as Google or Facebook, and how to use Razor, HTML 5, and CSS 3 to create custom views and content targeting mobile devices. Using these custom views, you will then learn how to create web apps with a native mobile device feel using jQuery mobile. By the end of the book, you will be presented with a set of challenges to prove to yourself that you now have the skills to extend your existing web applications to the mobile web or create new mobile web apps.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
ASP.NET MVC 4 Mobile App Development
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgment
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
7
Separating Functionality Using Routes and Areas
Index

The Model-View-Controller pattern


Each component of the MVC pattern fills a very specific purpose in separating data within an application from user interaction with the data. The following is a very brief introduction to the components of the MVC design pattern.

The controller

In the MVC pattern, the controller acts as a delegator. It submits modifications to the model on behalf of some external interaction (typically a user), and retrieves data for a view as the result of a notification or direct request via user interaction.

The view

Views handle the presentation of the data to some external entity. If a view contains logic, that logic is limited to the presentation of the data it received from the controller as the result of an interaction with the model.

The model

The model is the encapsulation of application-specific data, and the means by which to store, retrieve, and maintain the integrity of that data. The model may or may not mimic the structure in which the actual data is stored or...