ASP.NET MVC 5 From Scratch : Add KnockoutJs to Project With NuGet

In this blog we will add the KnockoutJs JavaScript library to our MvcApp project.  KnockoutJs is a great lightweight data binding library.  Follow the steps below to add KnockoutJs to your ASP.NET MVC project.

Step-By-Step Instructions:

1.  Right-click on the project's "References" node, then select "Manage NuGet Packages"

End-to-End ASP.NET MVC: Adding BundleConfig

In our previous blog we've added a _ViewStart.cshtml layout to our project, which is the default layout for our pages if no layout is specified for the page.  In this blog we will add BundleConfig for the JavaScript libraries which includes JQuery, and Bootstrap that we've added to our NorthwindCafe project in the previous blogs.  A configuration bundle allows you to group files that belongs in the same libraries together so that they can called with just one line of code.  In this blog we will be creating configuration bundles for JQuery, and Bootstrap to the NorthwindCafe project.

Step-By-Step Instructions:

1.  Right-click on the folder "App_Start", then select Add → New Item → Visual C# → Class, name the class BundleConfig.cs

End-to-End ASP.NET MVC : Add JQuery Library Using NuGet

In the previous blog we've created an empty ASP.NET MVC  project.  It's a great starting point but, it's missing a lot things that we will need later.  In this blog we will add JQuery to the empty ASP.NET MVC  project that we've just created.

Step-By-Step Instructions:

1. Open the empty ASP.NET MVC project that you've just created

2.  Right click on the the "References" node in the "Solution Explorer", then select "Manage NuGet Packages"

End-to-End ASP.NET MVC : Add Bootstrap Library Using NuGet

In the previous blog we've created added the JQuery library to an empty ASP.NET MVC project. In this blog we will add the Bootstrap to the empty ASP.NET MVC project that we've just created.

Step by Step Instructions:

1. Open the empty ASP.NET MVC project that you've just created

2.  Right click on the the "References" node in the "Solution Explorer", then select "Manage NuGet Packages"

ASP.NET MVC : Upgrade ASP.NET MVC 4 to ASP.NET MVC 5 Using NuGet Part 2

In the previous blog we went over how to create a simple ASP.NET MVC 4 application.  In this blog we will go over the steps to upgrade our ASP.NET MVC 4 application to ASP.NET MVC 5 application.

Step-By-Step Instructions:

1. Open the "MyMVC4" project that you've created on the last blog
2. Right click on the project and select "Manage NuGet Packages..."

ASP.NET MVC : Upgrade ASP.NET MVC 4 to ASP.NET MVC 5 Using NuGet Part 1

In this blog we will go over how to upgrade your existing project which uses ASP.NET MVC 4 to ASP.NET MVC 5 using NuGet.  During the upgrade you will encounter some errors but they are easy enough to fix by changing the Web.Config file.  In the first blog we will create a simple ASP.NET MVC 4 application from scratch.

But first thing is first let's begin by creating a project in ASP.NET MVC 4:

1. Create a blank solution in Visual Studio call "MVCProjects"