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Asked: 2026-05-24T09:09:35+00:00

I already know HTML and CSS. I’d like to extend my skills to be

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I already know HTML and CSS. I’d like to extend my skills to be able to create data driven websites and web applications. I chose to learn ASP.NET MVC.

I tried to dive straight away into Pro ASP.NET MVC 3 Framework but while reading I felt like I was lacking some fundamental knowledge.

Here is what I plan to do to be able to learn the ASP.NET MVC properly :

  1. Learn C# with Head First C#.
  2. Dive into ASP.NET with Beginning ASP.NET 4: in C# and VB.
  3. Go the the NerdDinner tutorial for an introduction on the ASP.NET MVC framework.
  4. Then go back to Pro ASP.NET MVC 3 Framework.

Any thoughts on my plan ? Does it sounds good or am I missing something ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I think it’s fundamental before jumping into any web framework to understand the programming language of the chosen framework; without understanding the language, it will make productivity and the rate at which you can absorb the material in the Pro ASP.NET MVC framework book much slower.

    I think that you could skip 2. and go straight to MVC; whilst WebForms and MVC share a common architecture, there’s a lot of stuff in WebForms that wouldn’t be worth learning for MVC, such as server controls, skins, themes, etc.

    Start with a good introduction to C# book and the online tutorials at http://www.asp.net/mvc. NerdDinner and MVC music store would be good to get going too. After these, I think you’ll get a lot more out of Pro ASP.NET MVC framework and its introduction to topics such as test driven development, inversion of control and dependency injection and using an object relational mapping tool to map domain entities in your application to the database schema.

    If ASP.NET MVC doesn’t work out for you, there are plenty of other frameworks to get going with. You may consider giving Ruby on Rails a try; it may better fit your way of thinking.

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