efmvc

A demo web app for demonstrating ASP.NET MVC 4 and EF 5 Code First, and architectural practices.

EFMVC based reference apps in ASP.NET Web API 2 and Visual Studio 2013

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Technologies

• Windows Azure SDK
• ASP.NET MVC 4 RTM
• ASP.NET Web API
• Entity Framework Code First 5
• Autofac
• AutoMapper
• NUnit
• Moq

Patterns & Practices

• Domain Driven Design (DDD)
• Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Repository Pattern & Generic Repository
• Unit of Work Pattern
• Dependency Injection

Releases

• EFMVC.Azure in Github
• EFMVC 1.0
• EFMVC 0.5 (Recommended for old articles)

Blog posts about EFMVC 1.0

• Writing Unit Tests for ASP.NET Web API Controller
• Generating Entity Data Model Diagram from EF Code First DbContext
• Writing Unit Tests for an ASP.NET MVC Action Method that handles Ajax Request and Normal Request
• EFMVC Migrated to .NET 4.5, Visual Studio 2012, ASP.NET MVC 4 and EF 5 Code First
• EFMVC App Migrated to Visual Studio 2012 RC and ASP.NET MVC 4 RC
• Dependency Injection in ASP.NET Web API using Autofac
• EFMVC App Migrated to ASP.NET MVC 4
• Commands, Command Handlers and Command Dispatcher
• EFMVC 1.0 Preview Released
• Autofac - My Choice of IoC Container
• Removing EdmMetadata table in EF Code First

Blog posts about EFMVC 0.5

• Developing web apps using ASP.NET MVC 3, Razor and EF Code First - Part 1
• Developing web apps using ASP.NET MVC 3, Razor and EF Code First - Part 2
• Dependency Injection in ASP.NET MVC 3 using DependencyResolver and ControllerActivator
• Mobile enabled web apps with ASP.NET MVC 3 and jQuery Mobile

Features/Changes Added on EFMVC 1.0

• Windows Azure Web Role
• Dependency Injection in ASP.NET MVC Controller by using Autofac
• Dependency Injection in ASP.NET MVC Web API Controller by using Autofac
• Changes in Solution Architectures using Commands, Command Handlers, Command Dispatcher
• HTTP Services using ASP.NET Web API
• Domain Model and View Model mapping with AutoMapper
• Unit Tests with NUnit and Moq

Features of EFMVC 0.5

• CRUD demo in ASP.NET MVC 3 with Entity Framework 4.1 Code First
• Razor View Engine
• Generic repository for Entity Framework Code First
• Repository Pattern and Unit of Work
• Dependency Injection using Unity 2.0
• Mobile specific pages using JQuery Mobile
• ASP.NET MVC Area for Mobile specific pages
• Using EF 4.1 Code First with custom Membership/Role provider