ASP.NET MVC: HTTP Request Life Cycle

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Sample application introduction

1. The Application and Request Life Cycle

• Introduction to the request life cycle
• Explore global application events
• Initialize code before application start
• Examine HTTP request life cycle events
• Subscribe to HTTP application events
• Challenge: Global error handling
• Solution: Global error handling

2. Design and Implement HTTP Modules and Handlers

• HTTP module overview
• Build a custom request processing module
• Introduction to HTTP handlers
• Implement a custom HTTP handler
• Choose between handlers and modules

3. The ASP.NET MVC Routing System

• Introduction to routing
• URL routing module overview
• Understand route handlers
• Configure convention-based routing
• Explore attribute routing
• Challenge: Create a custom route
• Solution: Create a custom route

4. Controllers and the Request Life Cycle

• Controller basics
• Understand controller initialization
• Create a custom controller factory
• Explore the role of dependency resolvers
• Define a custom dependency resolver

5. The Action Method Execution Process

• Introduction to action invocation
• Understand action method selection
• Work with action selector attributes
• Apply authentication and authorization filters
• Explore the model binding feature
• Action execution with action filters
• Implement a custom action filter
• Challenge: Adding a new course
• Solution: Adding a new course

6. Result Execution and the View Engine

• Overview of action result execution
• Explore action result types
• View initialization and rendering
• Create a custom view engine
• Challenge: A landing page for courses
• Solution: A landing page for courses

Conclusion

• Next steps