Getting Started with ASP.NET Core MVC using Tag Helper
3 Mar 20233 minutes to read
This article provides step-by-step instructions for building ASP.NET Core MVC application with Calendar control using tag helper in Visual Studio.
Prerequisites
System requirements for ASP.NET Core components
Create ASP.NET Core MVC application
Install ASP.NET Core package in the application
Syncfusion ASP.NET Core controls are available in nuget.org. Refer to NuGet packages topic to learn more about installing NuGet packages in various OS environments. To add ASP.NET Core components in the application, open the NuGet package manager in Visual Studio (Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution), search for Syncfusion.EJ2.AspNet.Core and then install it.
NOTE
The Syncfusion.EJ2.AspNet.Core NuGet package has dependencies, Newtonsoft.Json for JSON serialization and Syncfusion.Licensing for validating Syncfusion license key.
Add Syncfusion ASP.NET Core Tag Helper
Open ~/Views/_ViewImports.cshtml
file and import the Syncfusion.EJ2
TagHelper.
@addTagHelper *, Syncfusion.EJ2
Add style sheet
Checkout the Themes topic to learn different ways (CDN, NPM package, and CRG) to refer styles in ASP.NET Core application, and to have the expected appearance for Syncfusion ASP.NET Core controls. Here, the theme is referred using CDN inside the <head>
of ~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
file as follows,
<head>
...
<!-- Syncfusion ASP.NET Core controls styles -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/material.css" />
</head>
Add script reference
In this getting started walk-through, the required scripts are referred using CDN inside the <head>
of ~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
file as follows,
<head>
...
<!-- Syncfusion ASP.NET Core controls scripts -->
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js"></script>
</head>
Register Syncfusion script manager
Open ~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
page and register the script manager
<body>
...
<!-- Syncfusion Script Manager -->
<ejs-scripts></ejs-scripts>
</body>
Add ASP.NET Core Calendar control
Now, add the Syncfusion ASP.NET Core Calendar tag helper in ~/Views/Home/Index.cshtml
page.
<div>
<ejs-calendar id="calendar"></ejs-calendar>
</div>
Press Ctrl+F5 (Windows) or ⌘+F5 (macOS) to run the app. Then, the Syncfusion ASP.NET Core Calendar control will be rendered in the default web browser.