ASP.NET Dynamic Data

Summary

This Drill covers important techniques for working with ASP.NET Dynamic Data, Microsoft’s web application framework for building functional data-driven applications, based on a LINQ to SQL model.

Audience

This Drill is for developers of all experience levels who want to be able to use ASP.NET Dynamic Data.

What you'll learn

You’ll learn how to use ASP.NET Dynamic Data to create a data-driven web application and to validate its data. You’ll also learn how to customize table layouts with custom page templates and metadata attributes. What’s more, you’ll learn how to access metadata, create custom field templates, and filter dynamic data.

What you need to know

We assume that you’re already familiar with programming concepts and that you’ve used Visual Studio. For this particular drill, you’ll also need to be comfortable with Visual C# syntax and ASP.NET programming. Although not essential, some familiarity with LINQ to SQL and/or object relational mappers would also be useful.