Learn how to use ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate 1

Microsoft came through with its promise to put the Release Candidate of MVC out by the end of January. They barely made their promise, but the new version is out and ready to go. You can check out Scott Guthrie's great overview of the ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate 1. Phil Haack has posted his review of the release as well.

There was a bug that Phil discusses that was found after the release with the head section of a web page. This issue should be corrected soon.

There are some great videos and tutorial on the ASP.NET MVC website that will help you get started using the MVC project type in Visual Studio.

Here are some of the great tutorials from the MVC website:

• ASP.NET MVC Overview
• Creating a Movie Database Application
• Understanding Models, Views, and Controllers
• Understanding Controllers, Controller Actions, and Action Results
• Understanding Views, View Data, and HTML Helpers
• ASP.NET MVC Routing Overview
• Preventing JavaScript Injection Attacks
• Creating Unit Tests for ASP.NET MVC Applications
• Using ASP.NET MVC with Different Versions of IIS
• Creating Custom HTML Helpers
• Creating Model Classes with LINQ to SQL
• Displaying a Table of Database Data
• Creating Page Layouts with View Master Pages
• Passing Data to View Master Pages
• Understanding Action Filters
• Improving Performance with Output Caching
• Creating Model Classes with the Entity Framework
• Authenticating Users with Forms Authentication
• Authenticating Users with Windows Authentication
• Adding Dynamic Content to a Cached Page
• Providing Website Navigation with SiteMaps
• Understanding the ASP.NET MVC Execution Process