Create a simple application in MVC

Creating the Web Application

If you have Visual Web Developer installed, start Visual Web Developer and select New Project. Otherwise just read and learn.

In the New Project dialog box:

• Open the Visual C# templates
• Select the template ASP.NET MVC 3 Web Application
• Set the project name to MvcDemo
• Set the disk location to something like c:\w3schools_demo
• Click OK

When the New Project Dialog Box opens:

• Select the Internet Application template
• Select the Razor Engine
• Select HTML5 Markup
• Click OK

Visual Studio Express will create a project much like this:

We will explore the content of the files and folders in the next chapter of this tutorial.