ASP.NET MVC with Entity Framework and CSS

© Lee Naylor 2016

Lee Naylor, ASP.NET MVC with Entity Framework and CSS , 10.1007/978-1-4842-2137-2_2

2. Creating Views, Controllers, and a Database from Model Classes

Lee Naylor¹ 

(1)Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, UK

In this chapter we will jump right into the project and add some basic model classes for products and categories. We will use these to create a database using Entity Framework Code First. I’ll show you how to set up a database context class, specify a connection string, create a database from your code, and add new views and controllers to manage and display the product and category data.

Note

If you want to follow along with the code in this chapter, you must either have completed Chapter 1 or downloaded Chapter 1’s source code from ...