1. All authenticated users should be able to participate as Voters;
2. All authenticated users should be able to mark themselves as candidates for a fee and market themselves as Candidates by uploading content onto the system. The content should be in various formats.
3. All authenticated users should be able to sponsor someone else as Candidates.
4. All authenticated users should be able to view Candidates’ information.
5. All authenticated users should be able to view Reviews/Ratings of Candidates.
6. All authenticated users should be able to start and fill Surveys.
7. All authenticated users should be able to view Survey Results.
8. All authenticated users should be able to compare and contrast Candidates based on all relevant information on the Candidate available on the system.
9. All authenticated users should be able to interact with others as Candidates or Voters.
10. All authenticated users should be able to view interactions between all.
11. All authenticated users should be able to submit Candidate Ratings.
12. All authenticated users should be able to submit comments for Candidates.
13. All authenticated users should be able to search for anything and everything on the system.
14. The system should provide a mechanism for other systems to access functionality and data of this system in an open fashion for a fee.
15. The system should be accessible in a secure fashion by as many people as technically possible irrespective of location, language, ethnic background and technology.
16. The system should be scalable, reliable, available, responsive, cost-effective as much as possible.
17. The system should provide best possible User Experience across various devices.
18. The system should be Microsoft Technology-based leveraging as many existing/upcoming (in the next year or so) Microsoft Technology assets as possible.

Hi, Today I had some time for exploring about latest ASP.NET MVC model and concluded myself with few points with lot of questions. Here is those few points which you can make use to kick start your ASP.NET MVC learning.

About ASP.NET MVC from my understanding :There are few Presentation Patterns readily available for Web application. These patterns comes with pro’s and con’s as well. Its all depends about scenario and requirement we choose this patterns. It is broadly classified into 5, here we go..

* MVC pattern separates the components of an MVC web application
* more control over the individual parts of the application and also lets you easily develop,modify and test them
* based on architectural pattern { Model, View, Controller }
* It is defined under System.Web.Mvc namespace
* now 3 types of Microsoft Web development
                       + Traditional web forms with Post back,view state pattern (currently we use)
                       + using MVC
                       + Mingling both ( MVC + ASP.NET traditional )

MVC got 3 components, MODEL : acts as a DB interface (Business Logic), either as Object / Dataset.   -> for DDL operation - Object (Model Object) retrieve,store,update state in DB.   -> for DML operation - Dataset will act as Model object,fetch and display VIEW  : acts as a UI for our Model Object/Dataset. Page with controls,CSS etc (UI Logic) CONTROLLER : Controls and handles user interaction (Input logic), handles user input,events,query string values, values passed to method  etc

* loose coupling between the three main components of an MVC application also promotes parallel development. For instance, one developer can work on the view, a second developer can work on the controller logic, and a third developer can focus on the business logic in the model.
* MVC framework does not an replacement of Web Forms model.

Advantages of an MVC-Based Web Application :
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* It easier to manage complex app by dividing an application into the model, the view, and the controller.
* It does not use view state or server-based forms, It uses a Front Controller pattern that processes Web application requests through a single controller
* It provides better support for test-driven development
* It works well for Web applications that are supported by large teams of developers and Web designers who need a high degree of control over the application behavior.
* Mapping URLs to ASP.NET pages or handlers, the framework maps URLs to -> controller classes. Controller classes handle incoming requests, such as user input and interactions, and execute appropriate application and data logic, based on user input.

NEW -URL Mapping : MVC framework uses a URL-routing engine that provides flexibility for mapping URLs- > controller classes.

OLD – POSTBACK: It does not use post back model for interactions with the server. Instead, all end-user interactions are routed to a controller class. so there is no view state/life-cycle events as like asp.net application.

Advantages of a Web Forms-Based Web Application :
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* It supports an event model that preserves state over HTTP, which benefits line-of-business Web application development. The Web Forms-based application provides dozens of events that are supported in hundreds of server controls.
* It uses a Page Controller pattern that adds functionality to individual pages.
* It uses view state or server-based forms, which can make managing state information easier.
* In general, it is less complex for application development, because the components (the Page class, controls, and so on) are tightly integrated and usually require less code than the MVC model.
* In an ASP.NET Web site, URLs typically map to files that are stored on disk (usually .aspx files). These .aspx files include markup and code that is processed in order to respond to the request.

From below ref : (1) http://www.asp.net/mvc (2) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f4e4ee26-4bc5-41ed-80c9-261336b2a5b6&displaylang=en (3) http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2009/01/29/t4-templates-a-quick-start-guide-for-asp-net-mvc-developers.aspx 

I hope this would be useful for new bie’s..

This is for all my friends who keep asking me to post my RSS OPML. I used to keep this harvested feeds close to me like personal diary . But i always love to share back to the community & friends. I strongly believe in Learning by Sharing

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Hi MS Dreamers,

This is followed by Windows Live message received from Priya, Microsoft, HR, Redmond asking me to refer her blog post about virtual career fair hosted by MS. I knew this from her blog and also created an avator for me. So hope this could be useful if you are working towards MS career. Here is the actual message from her inbox to me.

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Hi Mahesh,

Can you cross reference this article on your blog?

Guys,

Microsoft is hosting a virtual career fair, please include this link to your blogs and send this to your friends, it is going to be in a simulated environments, where candidates will have their avtars and there will be real recruiters and hiring managers too as avtars, meeting with candidates and answering questions etc. It is almost as good as any career fair, just better. The deadline to submit resumes is Monday. The candidates can be college/industry. This is a great opportunity for you to refer your friends, not only will they be able to submit resumes, but actually go through preliminary interview on line. http://blogs.msdn.com/jobsblog/archive/2007/05/11/microsoft-in-second-life.aspx. I am very proud of this cool way of attracting talent and reaching out to a broader audience world wide. If nothing this will be a great story and a great experience.

Hope the above url gives you the MS career chance, if you meet their expectation. Virtual Job fair is not new to us, but here once you registered it will prompt you with time slot for online appearance. All you need is Internet,patience and timing on that schedule.

Enjoy. All the best.
Mahesh~