MonoRail
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Categories: MVC
Latest version: Beta 2
Added 2005-01-29
Attempt to provide a port of Ruby on Rail's Action Pack to .NET.
Action Pack splits the response to a web request into a controller part (performing the logic) and a view part (rendering a template). This two-step approach is known as an action, which will normally create, read, update, or delete (CRUD for short) some sort of model part (often backed by a database) before choosing either to render a template or redirecting to another action.
Action Pack implements these actions as public methods on Action Controllers and uses Action Views to implement the template rendering. Action Controllers are then responsible for handling all the actions relating to a certain part of an application. This grouping usually consists of actions for lists and for CRUDs revolving around a single (or a few) model objects. So ContactController would be responsible for listing contacts, creating, deleting, and updating contacts. A WeblogController could be responsible for both posts and comments.
Action View templates are written using embedded code in tags mingled in with the HTML. To avoid cluttering the templates with code, a bunch of helper classes provide common behavior for forms, dates, and strings. And it’s possible to add specific helpers to keep the separation as the application evolves.
Previous name: Castle on Rails
Merged into the Castle Project.
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