Programming Razor by Chadwick, Jess -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Programming Razor

Preface

RazorPad: A Lightweight Razor Editor Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us

1. Introduction

A Brief History of Microsoft’s Web Development Platforms

Active Server Pages (ASP) ASP.NET Web Forms ASP.NET MVC WebMatrix

Hello, Razor! Differentiating Code and Markup

Code Nuggets Code Blocks How Razor Parses Markup and Code Disambiguating Code and Markup

Explicit code nuggets The @: character sequence The <text> block

Comments

2. Razor and Microsoft WebMatrix

Introducing ASP.NET Web Pages Installing WebMatrix Your First WebMatrix Website

The File List View Website Administration Hello World, Razor Style

Data Access with WebMatrix

Creating a Database Populating the Database with Data Displaying Data from the Database

Creating the Add Post page

Handling Posted Form Data Saving Data to the Database Validating Posted Data

Conversion helpers Using validation

Creating the Home Page

3. Organizing Razor Templates

Layouts

Layouts Are Pages, Too! Sections IsSectionDefined Nested Layouts Nested Layouts and Sections Redefining Sections The Layout Rendering Life Cycle Nested Layouts

Partial Views

Creating Partial Views

Accessing parameter values

Reusing Partial Views

Razor Helpers Razor Helper Packages Razor Helpers versus Partial Views

Razor Helpers Partial Views

Executing Common Code

Executing Code the First Time a Page Executes Executing Code Every Time a Page Executes Wrapping Views with _PageStart.cshtml Logic Executing Multiple _PageStart.cshtml Templates

4. Razor and ASP.NET MVC

Installing ASP.NET MVC

The Model-View-Controller Architecture

ASP.NET MVC View Engines

The Razor View Engine

Differentiating Razor syntax and API implementations

Implementing a Blog Site Using ASP.NET MVC

The Model The Controller

Data access with Entity Framework code first

Convention versus Configuration

Authoring ASP.NET MVC Views with the Razor Syntax

Adding Razor Views to an ASP.NET MVC Application Writing ASP.NET MVC Razor View Markup Strongly-Typed Views

Changing the Base Class

Applying Custom Base Classes to Multiple Views

Layouts and Content Pages Razor View File Locations

Controller Views Locating Razor Views Shared Views Views in ASP.NET MVC Areas

Html and Url Helper Classes ASP.NET MVC’s Razor View Page Rendering Life Cycle

Precompiling Razor Views

Precompiling Razor Views in an ASP.NET MVC application Compiling views from MSBuild

5. The Razor API

Razor Templates: From Markup to .NET Code

1. Parse the Razor Template 2. Generate .NET Code 3. Compile Generated Code into an Executable Class 4. Instantiate and Execute the Generated Class

Meet the Players

Configuring the Razor Template Engine Creating a RazorEngineHost Creating the RazorTemplateEngine Compiling Razor Templates Executing a Razor Template

Advanced Templating Logic

6. Advanced Techniques

Inline Templates and Templated Delegates Sharing Views Between Projects

The Razor Single File Generator

Installing the Razor Single File Generator

Creating Reusable ASP.NET MVC Views

Including precompiled views in an ASP.NET MVC web application

Creating Reusable ASP.NET MVC Helpers Razor Single File Generator Generator Implementations

Unit Testing Razor Views Applying Razor to Text-Based Scenarios

7. Conclusion About the Author

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