Manage Employees with MVC Forms

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Name Gender Age State Department
Adrian Bergnaum Male 24 Maine Accounting
Agnes Mueller Female 55 Montana IT
Alexandra Cartwright Female 42 Washington Operations
Alexis Heidenreich Female 33 Arkansas Marketing
Alison Walsh Female 70 North Dakota Executive
Allison Murray Female 20 Alabama Executive
Alonzo Boehm Male 54 Oklahoma HR
Amelia Nikolaus Female 20 Montana IT
Andrea West Female 59 Arizona Executive
Angela Emard Female 24 Alabama Marketing
Angelica Kemmer Female 36 Minnesota Operations
Angelo Kessler Male 41 Maine Marketing
Angelo Windler Male 59 Oklahoma Accounting
Anne Runte Female 32 Idaho HR
Antonia Maggio Female 23 Delaware IT
April Wilderman Female 20 Maine Marketing
Armando Daniel Male 20 Maine Operations
Arnold Pagac Male 50 Massachusetts Executive
Aubrey Kling Male 42 Maryland IT
Barbara Daugherty Female 30 Michigan Accounting
Belinda Oberbrunner Female 36 North Dakota Executive
Benjamin Heller Male 67 Georgia Executive
Bernard Zulauf Male 62 Idaho Marketing
Bertha Reilly Female 18 Louisiana Executive
Beth Yost Female 56 Nebraska IT
Betsy Schaden Female 37 Oklahoma Marketing
Betty Lang Female 53 Kentucky Operations
Betty Mertz Female 41 Alabama Operations
Beulah Flatley Female 40 Tennessee Marketing
Bill O'Hara Male 44 Mississippi Accounting
Blake Moore Male 55 Utah Marketing
Bob Conn Male 49 Maryland Executive
Bob Roberts Male 50 Texas HR
Bobby Keebler Male 20 West Virginia HR
Bonnie Grady Female 40 Kentucky Operations
Brandon Ryan Male 28 Wisconsin Operations
Brent Schmeler Male 51 New York HR
Brett Runolfsdottir Male 68 Nebraska Operations
Byron Howe Male 38 Arizona Marketing
Byron Lowe Male 23 Louisiana Marketing
Carl Leannon Male 51 Illinois Operations
Carmen Bailey Female 40 Wisconsin Marketing
Carolyn Stroman Female 27 Massachusetts IT
Cecil Heidenreich Male 60 Kansas HR
Cecilia Fahey Female 52 Michigan IT
Cecilia Rosenbaum Female 28 Wisconsin HR
Cesar Dach Male 20 Oklahoma Operations
Charlie Effertz Male 59 Minnesota HR
Chester Abernathy Male 24 Iowa Accounting
Christopher Hettinger Male 51 Rhode Island Executive
Christopher O'Kon Male 44 Hawaii Marketing
Christy Wintheiser Female 41 Georgia HR
Clifford Bashirian Male 47 North Dakota Accounting
Clinton Legros Male 23 Louisiana Executive
Colin Schroeder Male 42 Alabama Executive
Colin Sporer Male 51 Kansas Operations
Colleen Jenkins Female 23 Missouri Operations
Connie Rowe Female 36 Iowa Accounting
Curtis Spinka Male 42 Georgia Operations
Daisy Green Female 66 Arkansas Accounting
Dallas Carter Male 58 New Mexico Accounting
Dan Kuvalis Male 27 Pennsylvania IT
Darin McKenzie Male 44 Tennessee IT
Darrin Hamill Male 29 Arizona Marketing
Darrin Pfannerstill Male 39 Indiana HR
Dave Parker Male 39 North Carolina IT
Debbie Tillman Female 27 Kentucky IT
Delia Heller Female 54 Louisiana Executive
Denise Mayer Female 49 New Hampshire Executive
Devin Dickinson Male 51 Oregon Executive
Dianne Jacobson Female 46 Colorado IT
Dixie Cremin Female 21 Connecticut Marketing
Dolores Kuhlman Female 45 California Operations
Dolores Leffler Female 45 Massachusetts Executive
Dominic Beahan Male 60 Washington Accounting
Dominick Hodkiewicz Male 18 Missouri Accounting
Dominick Wyman Male 18 Florida IT
Donna Quitzon Female 53 Montana Accounting
Doyle Macejkovic Male 64 New Hampshire IT
Doyle Okuneva Male 67 Indiana Operations
Dustin Braun Male 31 Alabama IT
Dustin Schuppe Male 61 Kentucky HR
Earl Parisian Male 30 Mississippi Operations
Edna Daniel Female 70 Connecticut IT
Edna Torp Female 57 Montana HR
Eduardo Wiegand Male 52 New Mexico Executive
Elias Prohaska Male 37 Kansas Marketing
Elijah Kutch Male 37 Delaware HR
Elijah Larson Male 31 New Mexico Executive
Ella Marquardt Female 56 Pennsylvania IT
Eloise Bernier Female 20 Tennessee HR
Emilio White Male 47 Hawaii Accounting
Emma Lockman Female 52 Delaware Marketing
Emma Paucek Female 39 Wyoming HR
Erma Gibson Female 60 Montana Executive
Ernest Kemmer Male 48 Arizona Accounting
Essie Schneider Female 40 Kentucky IT
Estelle Mohr Female 62 South Dakota Operations
Estelle Russel Female 68 Indiana IT
Eugene Kunze Male 38 New Hampshire HR
Eugene Rodriguez Male 57 Washington Marketing
Evelyn Ryan Female 18 Tennessee HR
Faith Ortiz Female 67 South Dakota Marketing
Felix Jones Male 47 Michigan IT
Francis Keeling Male 59 Vermont Executive
Francisco Bechtelar Male 61 Georgia Operations
Frank Bogan Male 70 Illinois Marketing
Frank Sinatra Male 50 New York Executive
Fredrick O'Reilly Male 59 Utah Marketing
Gayle Jacobi Female 55 Mississippi IT
Geneva Jast Female 24 Illinois IT
Genevieve Nikolaus Female 54 Ohio Marketing
Geoffrey Simonis Male 51 Washington Executive
Gilberto Koelpin Male 19 Kansas Executive
Ginger Koepp Female 67 Massachusetts IT
Grant Bailey Male 60 Florida HR
Guadalupe Satterfield Male 32 Michigan HR
Guillermo Romaguera Male 68 Alabama Operations
Gwendolyn Romaguera Female 47 Maryland Accounting
Harriet Steuber Female 39 Alaska Marketing
Harry VonRueden Male 36 Wisconsin Accounting
Heather Daugherty Female 54 South Carolina Marketing
Helen Sanford Female 40 Wisconsin Accounting
Hilda Conroy Female 39 Florida Marketing
Holly Maggio Female 51 Vermont Executive
Homer Runolfsson Male 68 Iowa Accounting
Horace Sawayn Male 41 Oklahoma HR
Iris Batz Female 50 New Mexico Marketing
Iris Hirthe Female 38 Indiana Operations
Irvin Koch Male 58 Florida Executive
Isaac Schumm Male 24 Nebraska HR
Isabel Murray Female 63 Nebraska Operations
Jack Rohan Male 48 Maine HR
Jacob Veum Male 47 Iowa HR
Janice Abernathy Female 62 Texas Marketing
Janice Deckow Female 22 New Jersey IT
Jeffrey Bradtke Male 65 Wyoming Marketing
Jenna Kozey Female 24 Nevada Executive
Jennifer Auer Female 46 Mississippi Accounting
Jenny Becker Female 39 Colorado Accounting
Jeremy Huels Male 19 Illinois Marketing
Jessica Zemlak Female 60 Minnesota IT
Jim Smith Male 35 Florida IT
Jo Reichel Female 21 Florida Executive
Joan Hayes Female 33 California HR
Joann Berge Female 60 Colorado HR
Jody Grady Male 28 New Mexico Marketing
Jody Hackett Female 22 Texas Accounting
Johnnie Gulgowski Male 29 Massachusetts HR
Johnnie Langworth Female 29 Virginia Executive
Johnnie Zulauf Female 33 New Mexico Marketing
Jonathan Baumbach Male 69 New Hampshire IT
Joyce Muller Female 64 Hawaii HR
Juanita Ferry Female 63 Nevada Executive
Judith Koelpin Female 53 West Virginia IT
Julia Lehner Female 39 Maine IT
Julian Auer Male 64 California Accounting
Justin Tremblay Male 31 Texas IT
Kara Huels Female 21 Missouri Executive
Kate Effertz Female 25 Nebraska Executive
Kate Hegmann Female 29 New York Marketing
Kathleen Friesen Female 55 Delaware Operations
Kathy MacGyver Female 34 New Mexico HR
Keith Willms Male 40 South Carolina Accounting
Kelly Halvorson Male 44 Kansas Marketing
Kelly Metz Male 39 South Carolina Accounting
Kenneth Blanda Male 42 Wyoming Accounting
Kristina Ward Female 55 Oklahoma Executive
Kristopher Funk Male 51 Massachusetts IT
Kristy Bergstrom Female 64 North Carolina HR
Kyle D'Amore Male 35 Maryland IT
Lauren Greenfelder Female 65 Michigan IT
Laurence Becker Male 66 Virginia Operations
Leigh Runolfsdottir Female 55 Maryland IT
Lela West Female 45 Kentucky HR
Leland Kling Male 24 Wisconsin Accounting
Leo Murazik Male 33 Nebraska HR
Leon Greenholt Male 52 Oklahoma Operations
Leon Wintheiser Male 51 Texas IT
Lester Purdy Male 68 Oklahoma Accounting
Leticia Hartmann Female 37 New Jersey HR
Lewis Simonis Male 66 Arkansas Marketing
Lindsay Gerhold Female 54 Missouri Executive
Lisa Smitham Female 63 Louisiana HR
Lonnie Franecki Male 18 Hawaii Executive
Lora Pollich Female 60 Missouri Accounting
Lorena Kulas Female 33 Ohio Operations
Louis Renault Male 65 Idaho IT
Lucille Pacocha Female 33 Maryland Executive
Luis Buckridge Male 18 New Hampshire Operations
Luke Yundt Male 50 Louisiana Operations
Luz Hickle Female 45 Minnesota Executive
Lydia Swift Female 56 Wisconsin Executive
Lyle Hudson Male 50 West Virginia Marketing
Major Strasser Male 35 Texas IT
Manuel Kertzmann Male 43 Washington IT
Marcia Harber Female 63 Oregon Operations
Marian Cartwright Female 48 Maine Operations
Marianne Hilll Female 43 Kansas Marketing
Marta Morissette Female 20 Ohio Accounting
Martin Schamberger Male 30 North Dakota Marketing
Mary Orn Female 29 Virginia Operations
Maurice O'Keefe Male 40 Connecticut Executive
Max Kuhn Male 49 Kansas Marketing
May Larkin Female 42 Alaska Accounting
Melanie Barrows Female 29 Kansas Executive
Melanie Christiansen Female 37 Iowa Marketing
Melba Batz Female 31 Maryland Accounting
Melinda Jakubowski Female 69 Nevada Operations
Mercedes Langosh Female 42 Minnesota Operations
Meredith Spinka Female 30 Delaware HR
Minnie Gleason Female 31 Arizona Operations
Miranda McLaughlin Female 63 Arizona Executive
Mitchell Marvin Male 29 New York Operations
Mona Parker Female 65 Maryland IT
Morris Schumm Male 60 Nebraska Operations
Nathaniel Wehner Male 33 Massachusetts Operations
Neal Feest Male 24 Arkansas HR
Nellie Conn Female 22 Missouri Marketing
Nettie Graham Female 51 New York Accounting
Noel Hagenes Male 27 Wisconsin IT
Noel Ruecker Male 22 Idaho Accounting
Nora Torp Female 39 Wyoming Executive
Norman Williamson Male 55 Illinois Operations
Ora DuBuque Female 63 Nevada HR
Otis Kuhic Male 33 Indiana IT
Pam Kiehn Female 45 Missouri Accounting
Pat Weissnat Male 56 Wyoming Executive
Patty Williamson Female 26 Arkansas Marketing
Pedro Reinger Male 42 Connecticut IT
Pedro Schamberger Male 38 Nebraska HR
Perry Pagac Male 47 Illinois Executive
Phil Ankunding Male 66 Nebraska Accounting
Rachael Howell Female 32 Virginia Accounting
Ramon Bradtke Male 30 Maryland Operations
Ramona Flatley Female 63 Montana Executive
Randy Maggio Male 68 Pennsylvania HR
Ray Reilly Male 27 South Carolina IT
Rebecca Cruickshank Female 38 New Hampshire Operations
Rex Bailey Male 23 Texas HR
Rick Blaine Male 45 New York IT
Robin Bergnaum Male 63 North Carolina HR
Robin Donnelly Female 45 New Hampshire IT
Robin Stoltenberg Male 68 Missouri Accounting
Rodney Williamson Male 49 Michigan Accounting
Roman Luettgen Male 43 New Jersey Executive
Ron Ferry Male 62 Kansas Accounting
Ron Stamm Male 21 Ohio Accounting
Rosie Jerde Female 51 Utah Marketing
Roxanne Huel Female 41 Vermont Marketing
Roy Gislason Male 40 Delaware Marketing
Rudolph Rippin Male 41 Missouri Accounting
Russell Cruickshank Male 69 Colorado Operations
Ryan Durgan Male 39 Ohio HR
Salvador Hagenes Male 42 Arkansas Executive
Salvador Terry Male 64 Indiana Operations
Salvatore Littel Male 42 Nevada Marketing
Sam Malone Male 53 Massachusetts Marketing
Sam Spade Male 55 California IT
Sandra Swift Female 36 Texas Marketing
Sean Lind Male 23 Delaware Marketing
Shane Hermiston Male 53 Kansas Accounting
Shane Schneider Male 42 Georgia Executive
Shaun Daugherty Male 37 Wyoming Accounting
Shelley McLaughlin Female 32 Nevada Operations
Shelly Stiedemann Female 57 Kentucky Accounting
Sherman MacGyver Male 69 Indiana Operations
Sheryl Torphy Female 44 Louisiana HR
Simon Franecki Male 53 Oklahoma Executive
Simon Moore Male 22 Virginia IT
Sonya Bednar Female 46 Kentucky Operations
Stephen Schumm Male 63 Arizona IT
Steve Ledner Male 21 Arizona Accounting
Stewart Kris Male 25 Alaska Executive
Stuart Jaskolski Male 31 Ohio Operations
Stuart Larson Male 20 Texas Operations
Sue Howell Female 43 New Mexico Marketing
Tami Morissette Female 62 Colorado Operations
Tami Wolff Female 42 Idaho IT
Terry Brakus Female 58 Texas HR
Timothy Willms Male 69 West Virginia HR
Tony Tillman Male 28 Utah Executive
Tracy Marquardt Male 59 Texas Marketing
Trevor Tillman Male 42 Virginia Operations
Tyrone Cormier Male 40 Hawaii Executive
Tyrone Grady Male 41 Illinois Accounting
Van Rath Male 56 Wyoming IT
Vanessa Rohan Female 54 North Dakota Marketing
Veronica Jakubowski Female 30 New Jersey IT
Vicki Turcotte Female 52 South Carolina Marketing
Vicky O'Reilly Female 27 Louisiana HR
Victor Laszlo Male 55 Colorado IT
Wade Farrell Male 62 Alaska Executive
Wade Tillman Male 20 Minnesota Marketing
Wendy Deckow Female 24 South Carolina Executive
Wilfred Kulas Male 42 Colorado IT
Willie Mayer Male 32 North Carolina HR
Wilson Bashirian Male 47 Maryland HR
Winston Oberbrunner Male 40 Arkansas Operations

MVC Forms Approach in ASP.NET MVC

The MVC Forms approach allows developers to build applications with strong separation of concerns, making it easier to maintain and scale. It supports robust form handling and validation mechanisms, enabling secure and efficient data entry and modification.

Best Practices for MVC Forms:

  • Utilize [HttpGet] and [HttpPost] attributes for appropriate routing and data handling.
  • Implement validation using Data Annotations or custom validation logic.
  • Use to prevent CSRF attacks.

Pros and Cons of MVC Forms Approach:

  • Pros: Clear separation of concerns, easy to test, comprehensive model binding and validation support.
  • Cons: Can become complex with large forms, requires knowledge of HTML helpers and model binding.

Microsoft continues to support the MVC architecture, providing ongoing updates and improvements. With .NET 8, ASP.NET MVC remains a reliable choice for building web applications with a clean, maintainable architecture.

CRUD Functionality in MVC

In classic MVC architecture, CRUD operations are implemented using Controller actions and views for each activity: Create, Read, Update, and Delete. The Create action uses a form to capture new employee data, which is saved to the database upon submission. The Read action displays a list of employees retrieved from the database, as seen in the table above. Update allows editing of an employee's details, while Delete provides a confirmation before removal.

You can generate views for each CRUD operation directly from your Entity Framework entities using scaffolding tools. This automates the process of creating views and wiring up the controller. However, it is best practice to use ViewModels rather than exposing your entities directly to the view, ensuring better separation of concerns and security.