Manage Employees with MVC Forms

Add New Employee

Name Gender Age State Department
Abel Hermann Male 20 South Dakota IT
Adrienne Moen Female 20 Minnesota HR
Alberta Rosenbaum Female 29 Pennsylvania IT
Alexander Wolf Male 46 Nebraska Executive
Alexandra Kuphal Female 49 Alaska Accounting
Alfredo Halvorson Male 48 Minnesota Executive
Alvin Mueller Male 33 South Dakota HR
Amos Bahringer Male 39 Rhode Island Marketing
Amos Bednar Male 64 Minnesota Operations
Ana Hoppe Female 18 Alaska Executive
Anita Grant Female 38 Louisiana HR
Anthony Bednar Male 50 New Hampshire Executive
Armando Bergnaum Male 29 Arkansas Operations
Armando Haley Male 54 Alaska IT
Arthur Ferry Male 45 Florida Accounting
Austin Kuphal Male 45 Florida IT
Barry Schimmel Male 36 Illinois Operations
Becky Carroll Female 37 California Operations
Becky Kihn Female 36 Delaware Operations
Ben Reinger Male 28 North Carolina Accounting
Benjamin Botsford Male 41 Montana Operations
Bernard Abbott Male 26 New Mexico Operations
Beth Jenkins Female 19 West Virginia Accounting
Bethany Hintz Female 40 North Carolina Operations
Beverly Rutherford Female 48 Kansas IT
Blake Prosacco Male 60 Illinois HR
Blanca Pfeffer Female 46 North Carolina Operations
Bob Roberts Male 50 Texas HR
Boyd Christiansen Male 47 Virginia Operations
Boyd Deckow Male 31 Connecticut IT
Bradford Mosciski Male 60 Wisconsin Operations
Brandy Boehm Female 24 Pennsylvania IT
Brandy Jaskolski Female 44 Oregon Executive
Brett Hegmann Male 61 New Hampshire Executive
Brian Littel Male 39 Louisiana HR
Bryan Rutherford Male 54 Kentucky Marketing
Calvin Turner Male 19 Hawaii Operations
Candace King Female 66 Connecticut Operations
Candace Orn Female 34 Indiana Executive
Carlos Goodwin Male 22 Ohio Marketing
Carol Reinger Female 63 Nebraska Accounting
Casey Kshlerin Male 49 North Dakota HR
Cecil Wolff Male 27 Maryland HR
Charlene Kessler Female 37 South Carolina Executive
Cheryl Kerluke Female 48 Maine Accounting
Christine Bashirian Female 34 Maine Executive
Cindy Sanford Female 59 North Dakota Accounting
Clara O'Reilly Female 33 Georgia Executive
Claude Barton Male 54 Virginia Executive
Clay Schultz Male 33 Montana Operations
Clyde Williamson Male 51 Nebraska HR
Colin Kunze Male 37 Arizona Executive
Conrad Wyman Male 25 New Hampshire Accounting
Courtney Kuhn Female 48 Nebraska Operations
Courtney Von Male 23 Alaska Marketing
Crystal Heathcote Female 36 South Carolina Operations
Damon Volkman Male 24 Massachusetts HR
Dan Little Male 59 Vermont Marketing
Delbert Beahan Male 65 Arkansas Executive
Denise Pouros Female 69 Wyoming Marketing
Derek Keebler Male 45 Iowa Accounting
Derek Thompson Male 57 Louisiana Marketing
Desiree Ratke Female 61 New York IT
Diane Gaylord Female 68 Nevada HR
Diane Rogahn Female 45 South Dakota Accounting
Donald Cormier Male 29 Texas HR
Donnie Bogisich Male 57 Oregon IT
Doris Simonis Female 18 New Mexico HR
Dustin DuBuque Male 26 Virginia Marketing
Dwight Fritsch Male 54 Virginia HR
Ed Nienow Male 58 Minnesota IT
Edgar Nicolas Male 62 Texas Executive
Edith Hills Female 30 North Carolina Operations
Edna Reynolds Female 50 Massachusetts IT
Edna Sanford Female 28 New Mexico IT
Edward Beier Male 33 Alaska Executive
Eileen Mertz Female 28 Wisconsin Marketing
Elena Lesch Female 69 North Carolina Operations
Elena Wilderman Female 68 New Hampshire Accounting
Elias Mueller Male 23 Nebraska HR
Elijah Mertz Male 46 Connecticut Marketing
Ellen Mills Female 34 North Carolina IT
Ellis Simonis Male 46 Vermont Accounting
Elmer Koch Male 25 Wisconsin Marketing
Elsa Orn Female 29 South Dakota Marketing
Emilio Hodkiewicz Male 59 Mississippi IT
Emma Cole Female 31 Florida Executive
Emma Wilderman Female 64 Missouri IT
Eric Goyette Male 48 Indiana Marketing
Eric Stehr Male 37 West Virginia HR
Ernest Wolff Male 60 Indiana Operations
Ernesto Wiza Male 27 Delaware Operations
Essie Schimmel Female 35 Connecticut HR
Eunice Aufderhar Female 59 Illinois Marketing
Evan Schmeler Male 63 Colorado IT
Felicia Kertzmann Female 70 Maine Accounting
Felipe Koch Male 37 Tennessee IT
Francis Walter Male 29 Alaska Accounting
Frank Sinatra Male 50 New York Executive
Gabriel Walker Male 30 South Dakota Executive
Garry Johnson Male 49 Kentucky Marketing
Geneva Stark Female 55 New Hampshire IT
Geraldine Mosciski Female 24 Alabama Marketing
Gilbert Murphy Male 29 Florida IT
Gladys Padberg Female 66 South Carolina Executive
Gloria Wilderman Female 33 South Carolina Executive
Grace Bartell Female 25 Washington IT
Grady Little Male 63 Virginia Executive
Guadalupe Von Male 22 Hawaii Operations
Gwendolyn Larkin Female 39 New York Marketing
Harold Toy Male 52 Alabama Marketing
Hazel Cruickshank Female 42 Mississippi Accounting
Herman Mertz Male 65 Iowa Marketing
Hugo Hills Male 43 Mississippi HR
Ian Bahringer Male 49 Hawaii Operations
Ian Emard Male 22 West Virginia Operations
Ian Labadie Male 58 Virginia Accounting
Ian Lueilwitz Male 57 Maine Marketing
Ira Lockman Male 43 Vermont Executive
Ira Stoltenberg Male 61 Oregon Accounting
Isaac Maggio Male 41 Connecticut Operations
Jacqueline Klein Female 70 Maine Accounting
Jacquelyn Russel Female 37 Vermont HR
Jake Christiansen Male 45 New Jersey Marketing
Jamie Marks Female 50 Michigan Accounting
Jana Ledner Female 24 Idaho Marketing
Jasmine Jenkins Female 25 Montana IT
Jason Walter Male 43 Pennsylvania Marketing
Jean O'Conner Female 50 South Dakota Executive
Jean Russel Female 52 Wyoming Executive
Jeanette O'Kon Female 54 Missouri IT
Jeanne Maggio Female 61 Alabama Executive
Jeff Bernier Male 60 Idaho Marketing
Jeffery Hegmann Male 41 Iowa HR
Jeffery Will Male 65 New Jersey Operations
Jennifer Abbott Female 31 Pennsylvania IT
Jesus Oberbrunner Male 53 Illinois IT
Jim Robel Male 23 West Virginia Marketing
Jim Smith Male 35 Florida IT
Jimmy Conroy Male 51 Maryland Operations
Jo Braun Female 34 Louisiana IT
Joann Roberts Female 49 Louisiana Marketing
Jodi Wyman Female 20 South Dakota Executive
Jonathan Williamson Male 70 Rhode Island IT
Jonathon Kerluke Male 25 North Dakota IT
Jonathon Schroeder Male 27 Minnesota Operations
Julio Swift Male 20 Texas Executive
Kara Olson Female 60 Ohio Accounting
Katherine Kovacek Female 23 Kansas Accounting
Katherine McCullough Female 70 Connecticut Marketing
Katie Sanford Female 37 North Dakota Operations
Kelley Herzog Female 50 Minnesota Marketing
Kelly Parker Male 35 Texas Marketing
Kim Bosco Male 52 South Dakota Operations
Kristine Hackett Female 39 Nebraska Executive
Kyle Dickinson Male 64 Washington IT
Lana Roberts Female 36 Alabama Accounting
Larry Pacocha Male 20 Minnesota Executive
Latoya Gaylord Female 62 New Jersey HR
Laura Reynolds Female 23 Montana HR
Lee Heller Male 35 Alaska Executive
Leland Sporer Male 55 New Jersey HR
Lena Abbott Female 32 Georgia Accounting
Lena Stanton Female 52 Wisconsin HR
Lindsay Reinger Female 35 Illinois IT
Lindsay Sporer Female 19 Pennsylvania Operations
Lola Gusikowski Female 54 New Hampshire Executive
Loren Glover Male 59 Kentucky Marketing
Lorenzo Hilpert Male 18 Wisconsin HR
Louis Renault Male 65 Idaho IT
Louise Collier Female 25 Oregon Executive
Luis Cruickshank Male 53 Hawaii HR
Lula Treutel Female 41 Utah Executive
Luz Schmitt Female 25 Maine HR
Lyle Graham Male 63 New Mexico Accounting
Lyle Mohr Male 29 Hawaii IT
Lynne Mosciski Female 58 West Virginia Executive
Mabel Hackett Female 49 Pennsylvania Accounting
Mabel MacGyver Female 67 Rhode Island HR
Mabel McCullough Female 35 Hawaii Executive
Mable Buckridge Female 50 Colorado Marketing
Major Strasser Male 35 Texas IT
Mamie Price Female 30 New Hampshire HR
Manuel Gleichner Male 22 Utah IT
Marc Krajcik Male 18 Oklahoma HR
Marcos Grant Male 39 New York HR
Margaret Goodwin Female 26 Ohio Executive
Marguerite Haley Female 57 Mississippi Executive
Mark Lebsack Male 66 Arizona Marketing
Marta Cummerata Female 33 Maine Marketing
Marta Trantow Female 35 Nevada Accounting
Maureen Leannon Female 58 Tennessee Executive
Meghan Pouros Female 58 New Hampshire Executive
Melba Heaney Female 28 Colorado Marketing
Melissa Bergnaum Female 58 Ohio HR
Mercedes Hilll Female 31 Arkansas Operations
Miguel Raynor Male 65 Florida Operations
Miranda Medhurst Female 54 South Carolina Operations
Mitchell Abshire Male 18 Colorado Marketing
Mona Langworth Female 33 South Carolina Marketing
Monique Williamson Female 47 Hawaii Accounting
Moses Wuckert Male 38 Illinois Accounting
Muriel Stoltenberg Female 52 Georgia Accounting
Myron Quitzon Male 18 Hawaii Marketing
Natalie Kohler Female 70 Connecticut HR
Nicole Langworth Female 52 Wisconsin Accounting
Noel Kessler Male 33 Indiana Accounting
Norma Parisian Female 40 California Operations
Norman Dare Male 64 South Dakota Marketing
Ollie O'Kon Female 19 Nevada Marketing
Omar Mayert Male 37 Hawaii Marketing
Ora Wolff Female 46 Louisiana Marketing
Otis Ratke Male 38 Rhode Island HR
Otis Schmeler Male 44 Massachusetts IT
Owen Marquardt Male 54 North Carolina Marketing
Pat Littel Female 18 Idaho IT
Pat Pfeffer Male 33 North Dakota Accounting
Pat Waelchi Female 63 Alaska Operations
Patricia Gusikowski Female 30 Massachusetts HR
Patrick Conn Male 38 Iowa Operations
Paula Parisian Female 68 Oklahoma Accounting
Penny Lind Female 39 Nebraska Marketing
Philip Rodriguez Male 35 Hawaii Executive
Rachael Dare Female 67 Arkansas Marketing
Rachel Thompson Female 66 Connecticut Operations
Rafael Thiel Male 47 Nebraska HR
Randal O'Connell Male 51 Maine Accounting
Randall O'Hara Male 35 Utah IT
Randy Pfeffer Male 43 Louisiana Operations
Randy Wilkinson Male 23 Arkansas Operations
Rhonda Langosh Female 24 Oklahoma HR
Ricardo Morar Male 61 South Carolina HR
Rick Blaine Male 45 New York IT
Ricky Kshlerin Male 59 Ohio HR
Rita Mertz Female 21 California Operations
Robert Cummings Male 42 Idaho IT
Robin Harris Female 26 Maryland Marketing
Robyn Bins Female 56 South Dakota Executive
Rochelle Bergnaum Female 42 Wisconsin Executive
Rochelle Lynch Female 25 Alaska Operations
Roderick Bergstrom Male 20 Arizona Operations
Rodolfo Rippin Male 62 Massachusetts Operations
Roger Bayer Male 57 Montana Operations
Ronald Medhurst Male 59 Texas Operations
Ronald Volkman Male 48 Wisconsin Accounting
Rosa Ritchie Female 22 Oklahoma HR
Rosemary Medhurst Female 23 Tennessee Marketing
Roxanne Hahn Female 39 Kentucky Marketing
Roxanne Schumm Female 39 Washington Marketing
Roy Stanton Male 20 Delaware Marketing
Ruben Kirlin Male 53 Missouri IT
Rudy Kling Male 36 Iowa Marketing
Sabrina Friesen Female 43 Maine IT
Sabrina Smitham Female 40 Arkansas Marketing
Sadie Donnelly Female 48 Wyoming Executive
Sadie Mosciski Female 41 Vermont Accounting
Salvador Anderson Male 31 Virginia Operations
Salvatore Fadel Male 35 New Hampshire Operations
Sam Malone Male 53 Massachusetts Marketing
Sam Spade Male 55 California IT
Samuel Pouros Male 27 Arizona Accounting
Sara Reinger Female 41 Wisconsin HR
Sarah Bartoletti Female 44 Arizona HR
Sarah Von Female 41 Wisconsin Operations
Shannon Bauch Female 42 Texas Accounting
Shannon Hermann Female 26 Florida Executive
Shari Hyatt Female 60 Maine Marketing
Shari Zemlak Female 24 Oregon Accounting
Sharon Marks Female 51 North Dakota HR
Shawn Carroll Male 51 Nevada Accounting
Shawna Larkin Female 46 Colorado Marketing
Shelley Schaden Female 25 Maryland Executive
Sherry Tromp Female 21 New Hampshire HR
Sheryl Koepp Female 24 North Dakota IT
Silvia Prosacco Female 59 Utah IT
Simon Kuphal Male 51 Virginia Marketing
Sonia Armstrong Female 36 Wyoming HR
Sonja Hane Female 22 Kentucky IT
Sophia Considine Female 22 Missouri Marketing
Stacey Kassulke Female 56 Colorado Operations
Stephanie Tromp Female 36 New Hampshire Executive
Steven Ullrich Male 54 Idaho Operations
Stuart Corkery Male 53 Rhode Island Accounting
Stuart Wisoky Male 31 Missouri Operations
Susie Runolfsson Female 37 California Accounting
Suzanne Stehr Female 21 Oklahoma Accounting
Tiffany Treutel Female 36 Tennessee Marketing
Tim Stracke Male 23 New Jersey Marketing
Timmy Murphy Male 33 Indiana HR
Timmy Murray Male 32 Vermont HR
Toby Conroy Male 29 Alabama Operations
Toni Leffler Female 57 Idaho Operations
Traci Lueilwitz Female 20 Hawaii Accounting
Tracy Nikolaus Female 59 California Accounting
Victor Laszlo Male 55 Colorado IT
Vincent Block Male 36 North Carolina HR
Wayne Fisher Male 58 Alaska HR
Wendy Muller Female 61 West Virginia IT
Yolanda Hoppe Female 63 Maine HR

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.