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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

Bundles


In ASP.NET MVC 4, the term bundle refers to one or more files, typically JavaScript or CSS, registered as a group with the runtime.

When a request for a bundle is made, the files comprising the bundle are appended to each other in a process called bundling. The bundled file then undergoes a minification process during which the file is stripped of comments and whitespace and the local variables' names, if present, are shortened.

Through the use of bundles, a client can reduce the number and size of requests it must make to the server to retrieve content. When applied to the world of mobile app development, bundling can have a substantial impact on an app's perceived performance.

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CDN support

While not discussed in this chapter, bundles also support the use of common Content Delivery Networks such as those provided by Microsoft and Google.

Creating bundles

Our BrewHow mobile app currently contains six registered bundles. These bundles are registered within the BundleConfig class contained...