Question

I was wondering if anyone can suggest me a book or tutorial in order to enhance knowledge on data manipulation or filtering data results.

I would like to know how to create a query on Entity framework, pass that info to the controller and then manipulate data in a grid or list using checkboxes – eg only results with photo, etc – , price range sliders and more data results filtering from the UI.

Thank you so much.
ps: I have a tutorial in ajax but I`m looking in plain c#.

Answer 1

I won’t suggest any book in particular but to do the things you’ve mentioned you should look into the following things:

• Learn about ASP.Net MVC’s default Model Binder: that’s how you get data to your controller in a clean way, any proper ASP.Net MVC should cover this

• Learn LINQ to SQL or LINQ to Entities: that’s how you query the data. There are quite a few LINQ to Entities books out there.

Here’s an up-to-date tutorial from Microsoft that covers pretty much what you are asking for: http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/getting-started-with-mvc3-part1-cs.

Once your have mastered this, I suggest you look into the Model View-View Model pattern. It will help with much more complex stuff but don’t rush into it.

Cheers