Create ASP.NET Core MVC Project
On the Visual Studio, create new ASP.NET Core MVC Web Application project
Select Empty Template
Click Ok button to Finish
Add Configurations
Open Startup.cs file and add new configurations as below:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
namespace LearnASPNETCoreMVCWithRealApps
{
public class Startup
{
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
services.AddMvc();
}
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
{
if (env.IsDevelopment())
{
app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
}
app.UseStaticFiles();
app.UseMvc(routes =>
{
routes.MapRoute(
name: "default",
template: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
});
}
}
}
Create ViewComponent
Create Class for ViewComponent
Create new folder named ViewComponents. In this folder, create new class named CategoryViewComponent.cs as below:
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace LearnASPNETCoreMVCWithRealApps.ViewComponents
{
[ViewComponent(Name = "Category")]
public class CategoryViewComponent : ViewComponent
{
public async Task<IViewComponentResult> InvokeAsync()
{
List<string> categories = new List<string>() {
"Category 1", "Category 2", "Category 3", "Category 4", "Category 5"
};
return View("Index", categories);
}
}
}
Create View for ViewComponent
Create new folder named Views. In Views folder, create new folders with path Views\Shared\Components\Category. In Category folder, create new file named Index.cshtml:
<h3>Categories List</h3>
<ul>
@foreach (var category in Model)
{
<li>@category</li>
}
</ul>
Create Layout Page
In Views folder, create new folder named Shared. In this folder, create Razor Layout named _MasterLayoutPage.cshtml as below:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<title>@ViewBag.Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="500">
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<a asp-controller="home" asp-action="index">Home</a> |
<a asp-controller="aboutus" asp-action="index">About Us</a> |
<a asp-controller="news" asp-action="index">News</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">
@await Component.InvokeAsync("Category")
</td>
<td valign="top">
@RenderBody()
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">Copyright PMK Lab</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Create Controller
In Controllers folder, create new controllers as below:
Home Controller
Create new controller named HomeController.cs as below:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
namespace LearnASPNETCoreMVCWithRealApps.Controllers
{
[Route("home")]
public class HomeController : Controller
{
[Route("")]
[Route("index")]
[Route("~/")]
public IActionResult Index()
{
return View();
}
}
}
AboutUs Controller
Create new controller named AboutUsController.cs as below:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
namespace LearnASPNETCoreMVCWithRealApps.Controllers
{
[Route("aboutus")]
public class AboutUsController : Controller
{
[Route("index")]
public IActionResult Index()
{
return View();
}
}
}
News Controller
Create new controller named NewsController.cs as below:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
namespace LearnASPNETCoreMVCWithRealApps.Controllers
{
[Route("news")]
public class NewsController : Controller
{
[Route("index")]
public IActionResult Index()
{
return View();
}
}
}
Create View
In Views folder, create new razor views as below:
Home Views
In Views/Home folder, create new view named Index.cshtml as below:
@{
Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_MasterLayoutPage.cshtml";
}
<h2>Home Page</h2>
AboutUs Views
In Views/AboutUs folder, create new view named Index.cshtml as below:
@{
Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_MasterLayoutPage.cshtml";
}
<h2>About Us Page</h2>
News Views
In Views/News folder, create new view named Index.cshtml as below:
@{
Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_MasterLayoutPage.cshtml";
}
<h2>News Page</h2>
Structure of ASP.NET MVC Project
Run Application
Access Index action in Home controller with following url: http://localhost:49328
Output
Access Index action in AboutUs controller with following url: http://localhost:49328/AboutUs/Index
Output
Access Index action in News controller with following url: http://localhost:49328/News/Index
Output
References
I recommend you refer to the books below to learn more about the knowledge in this article:
- Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Core Reference
- Pro ASP.NET Core MVC
- Pro ASP.NET Core MVC 2
- .NET Core in Action