ASP.NET Webform not creating LocalDb database

Question

I am starting a ASP.NET Webforms application in Visual Studio 2015 and I am trying to add my models to a database using Entity Framework Code First but the database file is not showing up. I am using the SQL Server Express LocalDB that comes when installing VS for simplicity. I have the following code set up to create and populate my model.

The model class "Monster":

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
namespace MonsterMadness.Models
{
    public class Monster
    {
        [ScaffoldColumn(false)]
        public int MonsterId { get; set; }

        public string Name { get; set; }

        [ScaffoldColumn(false)]
        public int AttackPower { get; set; }

        [ScaffoldColumn(false)]
        public int Defence { get; set; }

        [ScaffoldColumn(false)]
        public int ChanceToHit { get; set; }

        [ScaffoldColumn(false)]
        public int Dodge { get; set; }

        [ScaffoldColumn(false)]
        public int Critical { get; set; }
    }
}

My DB context class "MonsterMadnessContext":

using System.Data.Entity;
namespace MonsterMadness.Models
{
    public class MonsterMadnessContext : DbContext
    {
        public MonsterMadnessContext() : base("MonsterMadness")
        {
        }

        public DbSet<Monster> Monsters
        {
            get; set;
        }
    }
}

My initializer "MonsterMadnessDatabaseInitializer":

using System.Data.Entity;
namespace MonsterMadness.Models
{
    public class MonsterMadnessDatabaseInitializer : DropCreateDatabaseIfModelChanges<MonsterMadnessContext>
    {
        protected override void Seed(MonsterMadnessContext context)
        {
            GetMonsters().ForEach(monster => context.Monsters.Add(monster));
        }

        private static List<Monster> GetMonsters()
        {
            List<Monster> monsters = new List<Monster>
            {
                new Monster()
                {
                    Name = "Test 1",
                    AttackPower = 10,
                    ChanceToHit = 10,
                    Critical = 10,
                    Defence = 10,
                    Dodge = 10
                },
                new Monster()
                {
                    Name = "Test 2",
                    AttackPower = 20,
                    ChanceToHit = 20,
                    Critical = 20,
                    Defence = 20,
                    Dodge = 20
                }
            };

            return monsters;
        }
    }
}

I have my initializer being run in the Global.ascx file:

public class Global : HttpApplication
{
    void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // Code that runs on application startup
        RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
        BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);

        //Initialize database
        Database.SetInitializer(new MonsterMadnessDatabaseInitializer());
    }
}

And lastly my web.config entry for the "MonsterMadess" connection string which should be pointing to LocalDB:

<connectionStrings>
    <add name="MonsterMadness" connectionString="Data Source=(LocalDB)\v12.0;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\monstermadness.mdf;Integrated Security=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>

I set up everything based on this tutorial but whenever I run the application I do not see the mdf file being created. Since I have an initializer being run there should be data in the table and the file should be created. What am I missing? Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

Add this line into context constructor :

Database.SetInitializer(
    new CreateDatabaseIfNotExists<MonsterMadnessContext>());