Professional ASP.NET MVC 4

Foreword

I'm thrilled to introduce this book covering the latest release of ASP.NET MVC, written by an outstanding team of authors. They are my friends, but more importantly, they are fantastic technologists.

Phil Haack was the Program Manager ASP.NET MVC from the very start. With a background rooted in community and open source, I count him not only as an amazing technologist but also a close friend. While at Microsoft, Phil also worked on a new .NET Package Manager called NuGet.

Brad Wilson is not only my favorite skeptic but also a talented Developer at Microsoft working on ASP.NET MVC. From Dynamic Data to Data Annotations to Testing and more, there's no end to Brad's knowledge as a programmer. He's worked on many open source projects, such as XUnit .NET, and continues to push people both inside and outside Microsoft towards the light.

Jon Galloway is a Technical Evangelist at Microsoft focused on Azure and ASP.NET. In that role, he's had the opportunity to work with thousands of developers who are both new to and experienced with ASP.NET MVC. He's the author of the MVC Music Store tutorial, which has helped hundreds of thousands of new developers write their first ASP.NET MVC applications. Jon also helped organize mvcConf and aspConf — a series of free, online conferences for ASP.NET developers. His interactions with the diverse ASP.NET community give him some great insights on how developers can begin, learn, and master ASP.NET MVC.

And last but not least, K. Scott Allen ...