This post will show you how to create a new ASP.NET MVC 5 application using Visual Studio 2013.

Step 1

Open Visual Studio 2013. It goes without saying, you're gonna need Visual Studio to create a web application using ASP.NET, and the version you will need for ASP.NET MVC 5 is Visual Studio 2013.

Step 2

Create a new ASP.NET MVC 5 Application:

  • Click File, New, then Project.

  • Select Web, then ASP.NET Web Application, give the project a name, and then click OK.

  • Select the MVC template, tick Add unit tests, and then click OK.

Step 3

Update existing NuGet packages. Click on Tools, then NuGet Package Manager, then NuGet Package Manager Console.

Then, enter the following command into the Package Manager Console window:

Update-Package

This will update all the existing packages.

Step 4

Run your new web application for the first time. Click on the MyWebApplication project, and then click the Play icon to launch the website.

Step 5

Admire your new project!

That's it!

A newly created web application that includes some impressive functionality out of the box. The default template gives you:

  • Bundling and minification.
  • The ability to register, and sign into your account.
  • A snazzy prebuilt layout that uses bootstrap.
  • And you get a framework that lets you create scaleable web applications using the well-established MVC design pattern.

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