2. Data Driven ASP.NET Web Forms Applications Deep Dive
Jeff King
Senior Program Manager
Microsoft
Session Code: WIA404

3. Session Objectives Understand ASP.NET 4.0 data advancements
RAD data continues to be advanced
Model driven development across multiple presentation layers
Business logic layer is the future

4. Data Driven Web Apps Today…
Data Controls
Data Sources
GridView
DetailsView
FormView
ListView
DataPager
Repeater
Object
LINQ
Entity
SQL
Access
XML
Control Arsenal

5. These controls are great,
but we need more…

6. Rich data models Id Primary key Required Integer Name Required String
Max length of 20
Product Number
Required
Display name of “Number”
Size
Between 0 and 5

7. We need these semantics reflected in our application…

8. Model-Aware Data Controls
We need two things…
Data Model
Metadata
Validation #1
Model-Aware Data Controls #2

9. demo
Model Aware UI

10. What if you wanted
more control
over the generated UI?

11. Field Templates Model-Aware Data Control Bound to Uses Field Templates
(Integer, String, Date, etc)
* Easy extensibility
point

12. annotations and controls,
Leverage the same
annotations and controls,
but control the UI

13. demo
Templating

14. What if you wanted
even more control?

15. Data controls now… Built on top of the existing controls Data Controls
Data Sources
GridView
DetailsView
Object
LINQ
Supplemental Controls
FormView
ListView
Entity
SQL
Dynamic Control
Dynamic Field
DataPager
Repeater
Access
XML
Dynamic Validator
Dynamic Data Manager
Dynamic Control Parameter
Dynamic Query String Parameter
Built on top of the
existing controls

16. These are what
the field templates
are using…

17. demo
Dynamic Controls

18. model deduce an entire page?
Could our smart UI and
model deduce an entire page?

19. Model-Aware Data Controls
Page Templates
Data Model
Metadata
Validation
Page Template
Model-Aware Data Controls
Dynamic Controls
Field Templates

20. How about
an entire application?

21. Routing Route Table URL Routing Module Dynamic Route Dynamic Route
Request
Dynamic
Route
Ensures:
1) Table
2) Action
Dynamic Route
Handler
Checks for:
1) Custom Page
2) Scaffold Page
ASPX Page
(Http Handler)
Response

22. demo
Scaffolding

23. QueryBlock Extender Filtering is hard today
Makes common filtering EASY
Range
Search
Control
User Defined
Supports Entity Framework
Supports Linq to SQL

24. demo
QueryBlock Extender

25. Business Layer Data Control Data Source Data Model Data Control
Existing Data Source Controls
DomainDataSource Control
Data Model
Data Source
Data Control
Data Model
Business Layer
Data Source
Data Control

26. Dynamic Data in ASP.NET 4.0 Entity Templates Filters
Easily change look and feel for tables
Automatic templates for ListView and FormView
Like field templates but for entire object
Filters
Templates
Based on the new QueryBlock
Many to Many (Entity Framework)
Inheritance (Entity Framework and Linq to SQL)
Field Templates
Url, , Enumeration

27. Resources http://www.asp.net/dynamicdata

28. question & answer

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