Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC

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Prerequisites

To get start with ASP.NET MVC application, need to ensure the following software to be installed on the machine.

1. .Net Framework 4.5 and above.
2. ASP.NET MVC 4 or ASP.NET MVC 5
3. Visual Studio

Preparing ASP.NET MVC application

The following steps to create ASP.NET MVC Application.

Step 1: Create ASP.NET MVC Application with default template project in Visual Studio.

Step 2: Once your project created. We need to add Syncfusion EJ2 package into your application by using NuGet Package Manager.

Open the NuGet package manager.

Install the Syncfusion.EJ2.MVC4 package to the application.

After installation complete, this will be included in the project. You can refer it from the Project Assembly Reference.

We need to install NewtonSoft.JSON as a dependency, since Syncfusion.EJ2 dependent to NewtonSoft.JSON package.

Step 3: Add Syncfusion.EJ2 namespace reference in Web.config

<namespaces>
    <add namespace="Syncfusion.EJ2"/>
</namespaces>

<system.web>
    <compilation>
      <assemblies>
        <add assembly="Syncfusion.EJ2, Culture=neutral"/>
      </assemblies>
    </compilation>
  </system.web>

Step 4: Add client side resource through CDN or local package in the layout page _Layout.cshtml.

{% aspCodeBlock %}

 @* Syncfusion Essential JS2 Styles *@
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/material.css" />

{% endaspCodeBlock %}

{% aspCodeBlock %}

@* Syncfusion Essential JS2 Scripts *@
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/dist/ej2.min.js"></script>

{% endaspCodeBlock %}

Step 5: Adding Script Manager in layout page _Layout.cshtml.

@Html.EJS().ScriptManager()

Step 6: Add the below code to your Index.cshtml view page which is present under Views/Home folder, to initialize the document editor.

@Html.EJS().DocumentEditor("container").Render()

public ActionResult Default()
    {
        return View();
    }