Chapter 9. Understanding Routing

In This Chapter

• Using the Default Route

• Debugging Routes

• Creating Custom Routes

• Creating Route Constraints

• Using Catch-All Routes

• Testing Routes

When you request a page from an ASP.NET MVC application, the request gets routed to a particular controller. In this chapter, you learn how to use the ASP.NET Routing module to control how browser requests get mapped to controllers and controller actions.

In the first part of this chapter, you learn about the default route that you get when you create a new ASP.NET MVC application. You learn about the standard parts of any route.

Next, you learn how to debug the routes in your ASP.NET MVC applications. You learn how to use the Route Debugger ...

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