This post collects the most popular live calendar demos in ASP.NET created with the use of DHTMLX Scheduler .NET. We regularly add new useful demos built on the basis of our web control, adding features that are frequently asked by you. Each demo comes with a step by step tutorial describing how to implement the related functionality.
Here is the list of our most frequently downloaded demo samples:
1. Car rental application in ASP.NET MVC3
This is one of the oldest and the most popular demo on our site. In this demo we tried to recreate a car rental service that provides a convenient car search and an order form. The demo is created in ASP.NET MVC3 Razor.
Key demo features:
- Implemented in ASP.NET MVC3 Razor
- Checking car availability
- Selecting cars types and prices
- Selecting car brands
- Setting car pick up and drop off dates and locations
- Timeline view
- ‘Glossy’ skin
A detailed 3-part tutorial can be found here.
2. Car rental application in ASP.NET MVC5
Another car rental demo that is second-ranked by the number of downloads. This demo is an updated version of the above described car rental service. The demo app is featured by more user-friendly UI and simplier car booking functionality. It is implemented in ASP.NET MVC5 Razor.
Key demo features:
- Implemented in ASP.NET MVC5
- Live update for collaboratng with other user online
- Dynamic loading of events
- Flexible timeline view with 1 and 2 weeks display
- ‘Tree’ mode to display several cars of one brand
- At simultaneous rent, saving a booking for user who saves his rent first
- Added possibility to display a week and two weeks in the timeline view
- ‘Terrace’ skin
3. Room booking calendar in ASPX
The third place goes to the room booking built in ASPX. It is a simple demo demonstrating how to book rooms for meetings, conferences and other activities.
The demo adds a login form that uses ASP.NET Membership.
Key demo features:
- Implemented in ASPX
- User authorization form to add events to calendar
- Different access rights for users: user can delete/modife only his events
- Agenda and Room views in addition to Week and Month views
- Cascade events display
- Blocking past events
- Different font colors for events for different users
- ‘Glossy’ skin
Here is the tutorial to build a booking calenar in ASPX.
4. Booking calendar ‘Air’ in ASP.NET MVC3
Another room booking demo created with DHTMLX Scheduler .NET. This one is built in ASP.NET MVC3 Razor in terrace skin with customized events. Similarly to the previous demo, it can be applied for room reservations in any sphere you require. It also included a login form based on ASP.NET Membership.
Key demo features:
- Implemented in ASP.NET MVC3 Razor
- User authorization form to add events to calendar
- Different access rights for users: user can delete/modife only his events
- Dynamic data loading
- Cascade view
- Customized ‘airy’ events display
- Blocking past events
- Different room colors
- Agenda and rooms views in addition to the basic Week and Month
- ‘Terrace’ skin
Learn how to create this demo by reading a detailed tutorial here.
5. Booking calendar ‘Terrace’ in ASP.NET MVC3
The ‘Terrace’ room booking calendar finalizes the list of the top 5 most popular demos on our site. One more booking calendar demo implemented in ASP.NET MVC3 in terrace skin with user authentication using ASP.NET Membership.
Key demo features:
- Implemented in ASP.NET MVC3 Razor
- Current time display
- User authorization form to add events to calendar
- Different access rights for users: user can delete/modife only his events
- Cascade view
- Blocking past events
- Agenda and rooms views in addition to the basic Week and Month
- Different room colors
- ‘Terrace’ skin
A step by step tutorial is provided here.
The list of top most popular demos is complete now. Soon we’ll add a hotel room reservation demo in ASP.NET MVC5, which creation has already been described in this tutorial. And one more live demo demonstrating recurring events implementation is to come out by the end of this week. Stay tuned!