How to add Web Pages 2 with razor syntax in an empty web application project in Visual Studio 2012?

Question

I want to create simple Web Pages 2 applications.

I want to use the File->New->Project->Empty Web Application and not the File->New-Web Site .

After i create a new empty web application i cant add a .cshtml file..

The only way that i could do it is:

• Nuget -> Install Web Pages 2 with razor libraries
• Add->New->Razor MVC View

I am NOT putting the .cshtml file in Views directory. Instead i leave it in root and name it Default.cshtml

Is THIS really the way to do it?

Answer 1

Web Pages 2应用程序是Web 站点 ，而不是Web Applications ，因此您应该执行以下操作：

File » New Web Site » ASP.NET Web Site (Razor 2)

Answer 2

Actually, you can do this. I've done it this way.

Open VS 2013

From the main menu: File > New > Project

Under Installed Templates

Select Templates Visual C# (or VB) Web (do not select VS 2012)

Select ASP.NET Web Application from the list of projects on the right of screen

Next Screen - Select Empty Project, Check Webforms

Run once, get error for no default page

Only files in project Global.asax Web.config

Select "Project" in Solution Explorer (do not select the Solution) Select Manage NuGet Packages

Microsoft ASP.NET Web Pages
Microsoft ASP.NET Web Pages Data (Important! Includes WebMatrix dlls)

Add Layout and View pages Notice the code is recognized as an error

If you run, you get a Server Error that ViewBag does not exist Change ViewBag to Page

Run again. You should be able to develop like standard web pages but with Razor and no viewstate.

That should be it. I've been doing this since VS 2012 and love the results. I contacted Scott H. at MS about adding this as a project type. Didn't get far. He didn't see the point in doing a project this way. IMHO, I disagree.