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The ASP.NET MVC (Model View Controller) framework is one of the most talked about and long awaited additions to the Microsoft world of web development. Find and follow all the news, announcements, blog posts, tutorials, tips, and other resources on AspDotNetMVC.com. Contact Us with any suggestions you have for the site.

ASP.NET MVC Resources

Following are the important downloads, sample projects, starter kits, videos, and blog posts that you need to stay updated with ASP.NET MVC. Please contact me at webmaster [AT] aspdotnetmvc.com or through the Contact Us page with suggestions for other resources that should be added to this page.

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ASP.NET MVC Essentials
ASP.NET MVC from the Microsoft ASP.NET Team
Featured ASP.NET MVC Resource
ASP.NET MVC on CodePlex
Blogs to Watch
Sites to Watch

ASP.NET MVC Essentials

ASP.NET MVC from the Microsoft ASP.NET Team

ScottGu's blog post "ASP.NET MVC Beta Released"
Phil Haack's blog post "ASP.NET MVC Beta Released"
Scott Hanselman's blog post "ASP.NET MVC Beta Released - Coolness Ensues"
Stephen Walther's blog post "A Guide to Learning ASP.NET MVC Beta 1"
ASP.NET MVC Videos
Phil Haack's ASP.NET Routing Debugger

This utility displays the route data pulled from the request of the current request in the address bar. So you can type in various URLs in the address bar to see which route matches. At the bottom, it shows a list of all defined routes in your application. This allows you to see which of your routes would match the current URL. Read Phil's post for more info and for an example of it in use see Rob Conery's video "MVC Storefront Part 7: Routing and UI Work" starting at about 14:15 minutes in.
Stephen Walther's Excellent ASP.NET MVC Tip Series
Rob Conery's MVC Storefront Starter Kit series

See the Featured section below for more information.

Featured: Rob Conery's ASP.NET MVC Storefront Starter Kit

Rob Conery is producing an excellent blog/video series on the building of a new Storefront Starter Kit using the ASP.NET MVC Framework. This "documentary" is probably the quinessential public dive into ASP.NET MVC to date. In addition to MVC he is also covering TDD (Test Driven Development), LINQ and Mocking, discusses design patterns, talks about the benefits of IQueryable and lots of other cool stuff. Additionally he does some pair programming with some great guest stars like Oren Eine (aka Ayende Rahien), Steven Harman, Damien Guard, Jon Galloway, and Scott Hanselman.

Make sure you check out the series on this blog, watch the videos, follow along by getting the source from CodePlex, and ask questions in the forums:

ASP.NET MVC On Codeplex

ASP.NET MVC Beta Source Code

This release provides the source for the ASP.NET MVC Beta.
ASP.NET Project on CodePlex

This project gives you access to the code for upcoming releases that the Microsoft ASP.NET team is working on. The project gives you a look at the design and lets you have a voice in it. The project includes the source for ASP.NET MVC, the ASP.NET AJAX Script Reference Profiler, and the ASP.NET AJAX Client Library for ADO.NET Data Services.
MVC Contrib Project on CodePlex

This project will be a series of assemblies that add functionality to Microsoft's ASP.NET MVC Framework and make the framework easier to use. Some of the items to be included are: IoC container controller factories for the popular containers, Extra view helpers, Generic test doubles to aid unit testing, Visual Studio - Code Snippets, Resharper Live Templates.
MVC Sample Apps Project on CodePlex

This project is for prototype and sample ASP.NET MVC Sample applications. This is the MVC Sample Apps CodePlex project, the home of the MVC Storefront.
Kigg on CodePlex

Kigg is a Digg like application developed with ASP.NET MVC Framework, LINQ to SQL and ASP.NET AJAX.
MVC Validator Toolkit Project on CodePlex

The Validator Toolkit provides a set of validators for the new ASP.NET MVC framework to validate HTML forms on the client and server-side using validation sets.
ASP.NET MVC Membership Starter Kit Project on CodePlex

This project aims to provide you with a basic MVC website from which you can build up your own MVC application without having to implement Login/Logout, Registration, and User Administration manually.
ASP.NET MVC Press/Blog Sample Application

A WordPress like clone allowing for multiple blogs. Includes functionality for posts, comments with CAPTCHA, tags, categories, links, link categories, blog/post RSS, password protected administration including tag, post and comment management.

Blogs to Watch

Sites to Watch (other than AspDotNetMVC.com)

MVCStarterKits.net
MyVBProf.com - An Introduction to ASP .NET MVC Framework using Visual Basic

A great set of seven videos cover an introduction to the MVC pattern using Visual Basic. It shows you what software is needed to work with the model. It also includes a brief overview of the URL routing assumptions that are a foundation to the implementation of the pattern. Finally, a sample application is created to demonstrate the fundamentals of this new web-application model.