Learning by Sample: Monorail and AspView

I really like the AspView View engine for Monorail, not that the other view engines are bad - but...
Intellisense and a familiar syntax just does it for me, however the documentation is lacking behind.

So I have converted the monorail getting started sample application to use aspview. Also it is now a Visual Studio 2008 solution.
I have added a SQLCE sql server as a database backend, and all dependencies are also included. So you can get started by just downloading, no other software has to be installed. I am assuming that you are using ReSharper, if not do you self a favor and install it now.

It is in my trunk, and there is a zip file for download.

Using the sample

• After downloading and unzipping the file, open src\GettingStartedSample.sln.
• Do a F5 and the Home controller should show with the Index action (http://localhost:54321/home/index.rails).
• In the HomeController class there are two other actions (http://localhost:54321/home/erroneousaction.rails and http://localhost:54321/home/datatotheview.rails), you can set a break point before browsing to the urls.
• Next try out the ContactController (http://localhost:54321/contact/contactform.rails), again a break point can be set.
• SupplierController is a Scaffolding controller so no break points can be set, but try to create a supplier(http://localhost:54321/supplier/list.rails). The SQLCE database in "C:\temp.sdf" contains the data.
• Finally nagivate to (http://localhost:54321/product/list.rails), and create and edit a product. Again the data goes to "c:\temp.sdf"

All logging from nhibernate is logged by the trace writer, and should be visible in the Output/Debug window in VS.

 

Version: Both Monorail and AspView are trunk versions (Rev. 5227).