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Dynamic Data with AVR dramatically streamlines the effort to create a data driven ASP.NET website

Build AVR Web sites faster with Dynamic Data

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Web based CRUD Application

•C - Create

•R – Read

•U –Update

•D - Delete

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Web application design objectives

1. Standardize data validation• Client Side

• Server Side

2. Standardize data display

3. Provide scaffolding for a dynamic data driven website

4. Use Dynamic data attributes for rapid website development

5. Separation of concerns

6. Reusability

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• Provides a better user experience• More responsive web page

• Does not require a round trip to the server

• Dynamic Fields automat client side validation• Client side JavaScript is automatically generated

• The Validation Summary control provides formatting of error messages

Client side validation

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Server side validation

• In a web app it takes place during a post back• When the user request requires server resources

• Use in conjunction with client side validation• Malicious users can easily bypass client side validation

• Client side validation provides a better user experience • A more responsive web page

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Server side validation

• A server side validation design pattern;• Validation rules defined at the domain object model

level

• Each domain entity contains its own specific data validation rules

• A validation class that is reusable by all domain objects

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Unit Test• Visual Studio Test Explorer

• Test Validator

Customer Validator Demonstration

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• Scaffolding • By Default scaffolding mechanism in ASP.NET is turned on

• The benefits of scaffolding• Small amount of code is required to create a data-driven web app

• Data validation is built in, based on data validation attributes

• Customization • Easy to change the way data is displayed and validated

Dynamic Data in ASP.NET

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• Dynamic Field attribute

Dynamic Data in ASP.NET