MVC with Entity Framework (One to Many relationship)

Question

Hi,

I am new to MVC, I am trying to create "code first" mvc form and have created two classes as follows.

public class Department

{

public int DepartmentId { get; set; }

[Required()]

[StringLength(150, MinimumLength =10)]

public String DepartmentName { get; set; }

public virtual List<Employee> Employee { get; set; }

}

public class Employee

{

public int EmployeeId { get; set; }

[Required()]

[StringLength(150, MinimumLength =4)]

public String FName { get; set; }

[Required()]

[StringLength(150, MinimumLength = 4)]

public String LName { get; set; }

public virtual Department Department { get; set; }

}

Now, when I create a controller for these classes, and it creates the View automatically, I get the input / details / delete etc automatically.

But when I go to add new employee page, it displays the field's for First name and Last name, but doesn't display the selection for the department.

What I want to do ideally is:

Step1: Go to Departments and Add a couple of departments (say department 1, department 2, department 3 ...)

Step2: Go to employee page and add employee (enter employee first name, last name, and select the department from a drop down list)

so that question is how to display the drop down list for the departments, if it is not automatically created.

thank you .