Murach's ASP.NET Core MVC: Training & Reference

I have been programming in ASP.NET Webforms and MVC for over 15 years and this book is hands-down the best book programming book I’ve ever purchased. It’s key strength and advantage is the left-side detail narrative / right-side summary with examples that allows you to quickly peruse the topics and get detailed explanation of concepts for which you are unfamiliar. It’s also laid out in a natural progression similar to how you would approach building a real world application (which you actually do all the exercises at the end of chapters).Even for an experienced developer this is a great book for reference. Excellent.

This book is a great walk-through start to finish. Most turns of the page give a detailed explanation on the left page and shorter screen-shot images and bullet points on the left page. This allows the reader to move at your own pace. Beginners may need to read both pages, while seniors can review by only using the right page. Highly Recommend.

Bought several books on this subject only to be humbled and discouraged. Pace of instruction in this book is good, as is the layout of pages. Sequencing of lessons makes sense and there was no problem downloading the example files from the website.

Really easy to follow examples and it covers important topics, like connecting to sql server data.

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For years I had been looking for a book to teach a one semester Microsoft ASP.NET MVC course.I switched to this book in January 2020, weeks before it was sent the the printers. The publishers worked directly with me to get the instructor materials and an electronic version so I could have it ready before the semester started.My first semester with this book went well. We have made it through the first 12 chapters, though I changed the order, and held off on chapter 4 & 12 (Data driven apps), until the students had a better understanding or routes, views, models and the basic plumbing.The book shows all the working parts needed to get an application running. Bootstrap, NuGet Package Manager, Entity Framework, Application options. The Chapter examples provide a good walk through of how the code works, and the end of chapter exercises are helpful.Though I was familiar with the MVC architecture pattern, having taught it in PHP courses, the book helped teach me and my students how to understand Microsoft MVC.Overall I was very pleased with the book, and will use it for years to come.-andy

Not only is this a great book on ASP.NET Core MVC, but it's the best programming book I've read on any subject. I love the format with the paired pages. The code is error-free and the numerous example applications are helpful to study. The explanations are clear and avoid some of the overly complicated word salads other books like to give.I read it cover-to-cover twice and feel like I learned the subject quite well. If I had to make a gripe, it would be that the exercises are too short/simple and do not give the level of hands-on practice that is needed. Instead of doing the exercises as listed, try to recreate the entire application from each chapter on your own without referencing the book. Then do the exercises. You will learn a lot this way!

This book is a solid introduction into ASP.NET Core and can really help a beginner get up to speed in this framework. You can get a lot out of doing the exercises and I think they were designed well. The chapters are built well and follow a good order for learning the subjects.I really liked chapters 12 and 14, as I feel that these chapters go over the EF core and DI concepts in ASP.NET core very well. I recommend this book if you are looking for some good exercises and examples, as well as a great way to learn these concepts.

This is the easiest most methodical and book to read and learn from. Not to mention comprehensive. I will be buying the other Murach's books for any programming language I want to learn. Worth the money.

I bought a Murach book on C# years ago and still have it. Now I've moved into .Net Core so decided to try this - it doesn't disappoint. As other reviews have mentioned, these books are well laid out and describe the subject matter over two pages. This saves flicking pages back and forth and you can simply open the book on your desk and you have the subject info there in front of you - detailed description on the left page, code images on the right. As yet I haven't come across any typos either. Highly recommended.

contains all topics to start with ASP.NET Core MVC. I have used (also) this book to prepare for the exam 70-486.

Utilisé pour rafraîchir mes connaissances et migrer de asp.net mvc 5 à asp.net core mvc 3. C'est le 4eme livre de Murach que je lis : comme les autres fournit de solides connaissances, progressif et très bien expliqué.

At last, a dot net MVC book that explains everything clearly! After having tried several books, things just weren't sticking for me. Murach's ASP.NET Core MVC, however, starts with a small app in the first 5 chapters, then builds on each element slowly and concisely throughout the rest of the book. The written code is clear and the explanations are the best I've come across. For anybody trying to wrap their heads around asp MVC, this should be the go to book to begin with. 5 stars