This project contains all the examples (and more) covered in the series of videos on Sitecore MVC.
- Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Mwcphtz4w
- Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW_rQp9bMmE
NOTE: This project shows a variety of examples (see 'What is included?') and provides comments explaining why a particular pattern might be used. You should not use it as a de facto reference for enterprise level solutions.
- Install a blank instance of Sitecore (this project has been tested with Sitecore 7.1 rev. 140130, but you should be able to use later verisons)
- Download the Sample Sitecore MVC project and put it in a location outside the site web root (e.g. C:\Projects)
- On the same level as the project folders (MVC, MVC.Data, etc), create a Libraries folder and copy the Sitecore.Kernel.dll and Sitecore.MVC.dll from your fresh instance of Sitecore
- Open MVC.sln and check that it builds
- Set up a Publish Profile to do a File Deploy to your Sitecore web root (or write a post-build script). To create a Publish Profile:
- Right-click on the MVC.Tutorial project and choose *Publish...
- Create a new profile and click 'Next'
- Choose 'File System' in the 'Publish Method' dropdown
- Type the name of your Website root folder OR your site's URL (e.g. http://mvc/)
- Click 'Next' - if you wish to debug the solution, make sure the dropdown is set to 'Debug'
- Click 'Publish'
- The solution contains a serialization folder under App_Data - you can either move the serialization folder into the location pointed to by the SerializationFolder setting OR change the SerializationFolder setting to the App_Data/serialization location:
<setting name="SerializationFolder" value="$(dataFolder)/serialization" />- Browse to http://{yoursite}/Unicorn.aspx (for more information about Unicorn, visit https://github.com/kamsar/Unicorn)
- Hit the Perform Initial Serialization of Default Configuration button - this will turn the serialized .item files into items in the Sitecore tree
- Log into Sitecore - you should see items beneath /sitecore/content/Home - e.g. 'silverstone'
- Perform a smart publish, and browse to http://{yoursite}
All listed renderings are Page Editor and DMS friendly (each reads from a datasource).
- View rendering, utilises the @Html.Sitecore() helper
- Uses Sitecore's standard RenderingModel
- View rendering, utilises a custom Car model
- The Car model is represented by an item in Sitecore (/sitecore/Layout/Models) and set as the custom model on the Featured Car rendering definition item under /Sitecore/Layout/Renderings/MVC Tutorial
- Car model implements IRenderingModel, and thereby the
Initialize()method that Sitecore's MVC pipelines call
- Controller rendering, utilises a custom DriverViewModel
- Corresponding DriverController
- DriverViewModel and Driver objects populatd by a repository - DriverRepository (implements IDriverRepository)
- Scope to inject IDriverRepository if you are using an IoC container, such as Castle Windsor
- Controller rendering, utilises a custom Circuit model
- Corresponding CircuitController
- The Circuit model inherits from Sitecore's default RenderingModel, and the controller demonstrates how to pass the context rendering into the
Initialize()method to populate it
- Unit-testable controller rendering
- Wraps and isolates the Sitecore API
- Uses dependency injection, a business logic layer, and the repository pattern
- See this blog post for in-depth information: http://mhwelander.net/2014/04/30/unit-testing-sitecore-mvc/
In standard MVC, views can be set up to use a shared MVC layout (not to be confused with a Sitecore layout) to reduce duplication. In your view, you set the 'Layout' property to your MVC layout's path. That view will then be inserted into the @RenderBody() of the shared layout. However, Sitecore also has the concept of a layout, which is essentially the 'base view' into which you insert smaller view or controller renderings by assignign them to placeholders. All your page scaffolding (like the <head> of the page) can go into the Sitecore layout, and you do not need a shared MVC 'layout' at all. However, if you did want to set the 'Layout' property inside your view, Sitecore will not stop you - @RenderBody() will still work when used inside the layout view, not inside renderings*.
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