ASP.NET MVC 5 CRUD Operation Scaffold Template Using Entity Framework

What is Scaffolding?

ASP.NET MVC gives us this feature to automatically generate the code for CRUD (Create, Read, Update and Delete) operations. The models and context class are auto generated, along with the controllers and the corresponding views. It is very easy to do scaffolding in MVC.

However, we need to do modifications in the code to match the exact requirement of the Application. Let us create a MVC Application to understand more about scaffolding in ASP.NET MVC 5.

Creating MVC Application

Let us implement these in a sample Application. Open Visual Studio. Go to File->New->Project. Give a suitable name to the Application. Click OK.

Select MVC Template. Click OK.

Adding Model to Application

Let us create a model in the Models folder. We will be using entity framework, so we will be using a Data Entity Model in the Models folder. Right click on the Models folder->Add->New Item->Data Entity Model.

Give a suitable name to the Entity Model. Click Add.

Choose EF Designer from the database option, as it would generate the necessary class files. Click Next.

Click on the New Connection and a screen will appear next, asking for the Data Source.

Select Microsoft SQL Server and click Continue.

Enter the Server name in the following screen and choose the appropriate database. You can test the connection to verify. We have specified the correct Server name and the database. Click OK.