ASP.NET Core MVC

Area in ASP.NET Core MVC


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 Controller

Create new folder named Controllers. In Controllers folder, create new controller 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();
        }
    }
}

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 = null;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
<head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>Index</title>
</head>
<body>

    <h3>Home Page</h3>

</body>
</html>




Create Area

In project, create new area named Admin. In this area, create new Controller and Views as below:

Home Controller

In Area\Admin\Controllers folder, 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.Areas.Admin.Controllers
{
    [Area("admin")]
    [Route("admin/home")]
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        [Route("")]
        [Route("index")]
        public IActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }
    }
}
Index View

In Views/Home folder, create new view named Index.cshtml as below:

@{
    Layout = null;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
<head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>Index</title>
</head>
<body>

    <h3>Home Admin Page</h3>

</body>
</html>

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 Home controller in Admin area with following url: http://localhost:49328/admin/home/index

Output

References

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