Introducing Dynamic Data DemosRoadmap Feedback and Q&A

Easily create powerful data-driven web apps Get a running app in under a minute! Unleash the power of the schema Customizable and reusable

Create your model Create ASP.NET pages Add data controls and data source controls Add validation logic in the page Issues: Fair bit of work to get started Logic lives in the wrong place Ignores valuable schema information Reuse and customization is difficult

Create your model Instantly get a fully functional app! Customize the app piece by piece: ModelFieldsPagesRoutes

Metadata on model drives the behavior Default metadata inferred from schema Data types and relationships Required fields, string length, … Add additional metadata Validation Field labels and descriptions Partial methods

Fields are rendered using templates Selected based on field data type Handle rendering, data binding and validation Template selection can be overridden Simple ascx files that can easily be reused across projects

Page templates Affect shared behavior across tables Custom pages for individual tables Choose the column set Customize the rendering

Determines how external URLs map to application pages New ASP.NET feature Also used by ASP.NET MVC

Initial release targets web forms Later release will include MVC support Same concepts apply Model metadata Page templates Field templates

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