ASP.NET 4 MVC 4: How Controllers Work

ASPNET 4 MVC 4 How Controllers Work

This tutorial is based on “Chapter 2 Controls” of the book Professional ASP.NET MVC 4 Jon Galloway, Phil Haack, Brad Wilson, K. Scott Allen, Scott Hanselman ISBN: 978-1-118-34846-8 Paperback 504 pages October 2012

STEPS

1) Edit HomeController.cs

2) Observe the output

3) Add New Controller

4) Edit New Controller

5) Adding Parameters

Continue from the previous tutorial, http://visualstudio-steps.blogspot.com/2014/09/visual-studio-2012-aspnet-4-mvc-4.html

STEPS

1) Edit HomeController.cs

2) Observe the output

Stop the project execution.

3) Add New Controller

3-1) In Solution Explorer, right-click Controllers item, select Add/Controller…

3-2) Specify Controller Name and Template.

3-3) New controller, StoreController.cs, has been created with basic codes.

Notice line no. 14-17.

4) Edit New Controller

4-1) Replace the codes above with the following codes.

public string Index()         {             return "Hello from Store.Index()";         }

4-2) Outcome

4-3) Insert some codes on the next line

//         // GET: /Store/Browse         public string Browse()         {             return "Hello from Store.Browse()";         }         //         // GET: /Store/Details         public string Details()         {             return "Hello from Store.Details()";         }

5) Adding Parameters

5-1) Using Query String Value.

Replace the Browse method (in Step 4-3)

//         // GET: /Store/Browse?genre=Disco         public string Browse(string genre)         {             string message =             HttpUtility.HtmlEncode("Store.Browse, Genre = " + genre);             return message;         }

5-2) Using ID Value

// // GET: /Store/Details/5 public string Details(int id) { string message = "Store.Details, ID = " + id; return message; }