Contents tagged with JSON

• Delete Like a Rock Star with MVC3, Ajax and jQuery

  Jun 3 2011 3:42 AM

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  Sure you can be a chump and use the out-of-the-box delete functionality that the MvcScaffolding gives you. Or you can use a little jQuery and delete like a rock star. Get your project set up first. Create a new MVC3 web app in Visual Studio 2010. If you have SP1 you have a choice now: internet or intranet. I'll assume we're creating an internet app but it doesn't matter really. Next add a new model called Widget: Continue reading...

• More Awesomeness: Post JSON to an Action Method

  Mar 4 2011 2:41 AM

  Fortunately I came late to the party and didn't develop MVC 2 web apps. I understand that back in those ancient days (about 6 months ago) you had to walk uphill both ways to post JSON data back to an action method. Phil Haack has a great blog post on the topic. Basically, you had to write a custom filter, register a JsonValueProviderFactory in application startup, and decorate your action method with the JSON serializer attributes. What a pain. In MVC 3 it's super easy to use AJAX to post JSON back to an action method. Here are the steps. Continue reading...