MVC gives us total control over markup in ASP.NET. Or in other words, you better learn how to turn HTML into something pretty. Luckily, there is a great framework to help us out: jQuery UI! We will take a look at using jQuery UI to do exactly that. We will start with simple HTML markup and transform it into interactive widgets with very little code. jQuery UI widgets add style and behavior to otherwise drab markup without changing its semantics. We will also look at Wijmo, a new toolkit that extends jQuery UI. Wijmo brings over 30 widgets to jQuery UI from Menus to SVG Charts, 18 of which are Open Source. Both jQuery UI and Wijmo can take your Views from boring to brilliant in ASP.NET MVC. After this session you will be ready to start putting the V in MVC!

1. Putting the V in MVC Using jQuery UI & Wijmo

2. about:me Chris Bannon Product Manager @b4nn0n Hello!

3. The Big V V stands for View It is the “Presentation Layer” Responsible for the UI Consists of HTML HTML rendered via HTML Helpers

4. HTML Helpers “Help” us create HTML Provide Helpers for simple elements TextBoxes, HyperLinks, etc. In the end, they just return a String Complex HTML Helpers can get messy Menu, Grid, Tree, etc.

5. “If only there were a way to turn simple HTML into a rich UI…” ?

6. Enter jQuery UI Widget library Turns HTML into interactive UI As easy to use as jQuery Pre-themed with CSS Works in every browser Falls back to semantic HTML markup Easily apply animation effects

7. “If only there were more of these awesome jQuery UI widgets…” …

8. Enter Wijmo Extends jQuery UI (not replaces it) Adds features to jQuery UI widgets Slider, Progressbar, etc. Adds new widgets to jQuery UI Grid, Charts, Tree, etc. Works in every browser (even IE6) Themeroller-ready As easy to use as jQuery HTML5, CSS3and SVG

9. The Ultimate View Widgets HTML jQuery! CSS Java-Script HTML

10. In Other Words $(“ul”).wijmenu();

11. $(“code”).show();

12. Benefits of “The Ultimate View” Take control over your markup Clean & lean HTML Maintainable markup Highly interactive UI Easily integrates jQuery.ajax() Themeroller support

13. Resources Wijmo: http://wijmo.com jQuery: http://jquery.com jQueryUI: http://jqueryui.com Themeroller: http://jqueryui.com/themeroller/ Me: http://twitter.com/b4nn0n Thanks!

14. $(this).end(); l8r!