Eric Hexter

ERIC HEXTER has been developing software professionally for 15+ years in consulting, product development, corporate IT, and for premium brand web sites and e-commerce. He is a huge advocate of Agile project management and software engineering practices. Eric has learned the hard way that writing untestable, tightly coupled code gets you nowhere fast. In fact, that type of code usually keeps one in the same spot, unable to change and adapt software to the ever-changing needs of the business that uses said software.

Eric is very active in the Austin developer community. He is a Director for the Austin .NET Users Group. He has run the Austin Code Camp, which is a one-day developer conference, since 2007. In addition to his position in the Austin .NET Users Group, Eric has held the following positions: INETA Membership Mentor for South Texas, ASP-Insider, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in ASP.NET, and founder of the Community for MVC virtual user group. Along with Javier Lazano, Eric cofounded the Community for MVC, a virtual user group focused on ASP.NET MVC. Eric cofounded the MVCConf, the largest online ASP.NET MVC one-day conference (mvcconf.com). He blogs with Los Techies, a community-focused technology blogging community, and he speaks to user groups and at technology conferences around Texas and the U.S.

Eric is blessed to have a beautiful wife (Chriss) and three lovely daughters (Emerson, Elliott, and Everlee). He spends as much quality time with his family as he possibly can.

books by Eric Hexter

ASP.NET MVC 4 in Action
  • May 2012
  • ISBN 9781617290411
  • 440 pages
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in black & white
catalog / Programming Languages and Styles / Microsoft Technologies / .NET

ASP.NET MVC 4 in Action is a hands-on guide that shows you how to apply ASP.NET MVC effectively. After a high-speed ramp up, this thoroughly revised new edition explores each key topic with a self-contained example so you can jump right to the parts you need. Based on thousands of hours of real-world experience, the authors show you valuable high-end techniques you won't find anywhere else. Written for developers, the book arms you with the next-level skills and practical guidance to create compelling web applications. You need some knowledge of ASP.NET and C#, but no prior ASP.NET MVC experience is assumed.

ASP.NET MVC 2 in Action
  • May 2010
  • ISBN 9781935182795
  • 432 pages
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in black & white
catalog / Software Development / Web / Backend Frameworks / ASP.NET Core

Microsoft ASP.NET MVC (model/view/controller) is a relatively new Web application framework that combines ASP.NET's power and ease of use with the stability and testability of a MVC framework. The much-anticipated version 2 release brings new capabilities to the framework along with numerous additions that enhance developer productivity. In ASP.NET MVC 2 in Action, readers learn how to move from web form-based development to designs based on the MVC pattern. It begins with an introduction to the MVC framework and quickly dives into a working MVC 2 project.

Featuring full coverage of new version 2 features, this book helps readers use developer-oriented upgrades like "Areas" to break a large project into smaller pieces and explore the new data handling tools. This revised edition adds a completely new tutorial to bring developers with no prior exposure to the MVC pattern up to speed quickly, keeping its focus on providing high-quality, professional grade examples that go deeper than the other ASP.NET MVC books.