Integrating MVC 4 into an old ASP.Net application

I thought now would be a good time to get my new dev blog going.

I used +Scott Hanselman  post before to get MVC3 into an existing ASP.Net project I wanted to port in stages. So this time when I wanted to do the same with MVC4 I went digging for the same article and thought, about time I added it to a blog to find it easier in future.

So using Scotts well documented approach, I was able to get going again quickly. There were a couple of bumps to smooth out though.

Remove the superfluous rubbish a standard VS project adds (Basic Template)

1. Global.asax.cs
   
   • using System.Web.Optimization;
   • WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);
   • BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);
2. Views/Shared/WEb.Config under system.web.webPages.razor/pages/namespaces
   
   • <add namespace="System.Web.Optimization"/>

You'll most likely find System.Web.Optimization strangely missing  (causing compilation or run-time errors), dependent on when and how you installed MVC4, anyhow in my opinion - YAGNI.

So in case you end up here instead of on +Scott Hanselman blog site as you were looking for a MVC4 option, head over there and get busy!