Ok,

So I'm supposed to change the Inheritance from
<IEnumerable<Dinner>>

to

<NerdDinner.Helpers.PaginatedList<Dinner>>

That's fine, but when you do this the page blows up. The main error seems to be that it cannot find the Dinners namespace (which is really really weird).

The entire class doesn't make much sense to me either. If we are now passing the PaginatedList to the view as the model, then the class doesn't have any type of public property for the dinners iteration.

This is because they don't mention you need to fully qualify your model, i.e.

<NerdDinner.Helpers.PaginatedList<NerdDinner.Model s.Dinner>>

Speaking of the paginated list...when they first mention it in Page 106 and show the code, it's a pity that they don't display the full name space.

We've got a class file to create but not a location as to where it should be stored. If you download the text file source code this info is missing there too!

It's only half way down page 107 when the authors give us our first clue as to where to store the file!

btw: namespace NerdDinner.Helpers!

A bit of proof reading might have been helpful pre-book launch! :)

Did anyone proofread the NerdDinner chapters??

Code doesn't match up with text. Missing code. No namespaces in examples.

For example the Helpers folder is not even mentioned...ANYWHERE.

The download code is a waste...copy of wrong code in book.

This book is a turd with stink, flush it.

two words for you....PROOF - READ
three more...DO - NOT - BUY

Reply to this thread if you think they should send us a voucher for a free book. This book was obviously not ready for publishing.

There's a dozen more issues after page 107. I found all the workarounds I needed in this forum, plus I added a few more I encountered.

If you run into an issue, please browse the forums for a solution or post your questions here and I'll try to help (no, I don't work for Wrox).

Hello,

When i try to do this:

public ActionResult Index(int page = 0) (page 107) i get the message

Default parameter specifiers are not permitted

What to do?

greetz

@Ewi2010 Default parameters was introduced in C# 4.0. Sounds like you're not using the most updated Visual Studio. What version are you using? I'm using VS 2010 Ultimate. You should be able to use VS 2010 Express.

Get VS2010 Express, ASP.Net, ASP.NET MVC, SQL Server Express for free at http://www.asp.net/downloads

If you insist on using older C#, you might get around this by removing the default AND creating an overrided Index action method. This is not recommended.

Which IDE are you using? I beleive the default parameters are a Visual Studio 2010 feature only. If you're not using VS2010 you'll have to use:

My Dinner table only hzs 21 records.
This gets around the optional parameter prohibition and default value ( int page = 0) prohibition in VS 2008:
publicActionResult Index(paramsint[] Page)
{
int page = 0;
if (Page != null){
page = (int)Page[0];
}
const int pageSize = 3;

var upcomingDinners = dinnerRepository.FindUpcomingDinners();
var paginatedDinners = upcomingDinners.OrderBy(d => d.EventDate)
.Skip(page * pageSize)
.Take(pageSize)
.ToList();
return View(paginatedDinners);
}