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- ASP.NET MVC Tutorial
- ASP.NET MVC - Home
- ASP.NET MVC - Overview
- ASP.NET MVC - Pattern
- ASP.NET MVC - Environment Setup
- ASP.NET MVC - Getting Started
- ASP.NET MVC - Life Cycle
- ASP.NET MVC - Routing
- ASP.NET MVC - Controllers
- ASP.NET MVC - Actions
- ASP.NET MVC - Filters
- ASP.NET MVC - Selectors
- ASP.NET MVC - Views
- ASP.NET MVC - Data Model
- ASP.NET MVC - Helpers
- ASP.NET MVC - Model Binding
- ASP.NET MVC - Databases
- ASP.NET MVC - Validation
- ASP.NET MVC - Security
- ASP.NET MVC - Caching
- ASP.NET MVC - Razor
- ASP.NET MVC - Data Annotations
- Nuget Package Management
- ASP.NET MVC - Web API
- ASP.NET MVC - Scaffolding
- ASP.NET MVC - Bootstrap
- ASP.NET MVC - Unit Testing
- ASP.NET MVC - Deployment
- ASP.NET MVC - Self-hosting
- ASP.NET MVC Useful Resources
- ASP.NET MVC - Quick Guide
- ASP.NET MVC - Useful Resources
- ASP.NET MVC - Discussion
ASP.NET MVC - Environment Setup
MVC development tool is included with Visual Studio 2012 and onwards. It can also be installed on Visual Studio 2010 SP1/Visual Web Developer 2010 Express SP1. If you are using Visual Studio 2010, you can install MVC 4 using the Web Platform Installer http://www.microsoft.com
Microsoft provides a free version of Visual Studio, which also contains SQL Server and it can be downloaded from https://www.visualstudio.com
Installation
Step 1 − Once downloading is complete, run the installer. The following dialog will be displayed.
![Run the Installer](/asp.net_mvc/images/run_the_installer.jpg)
Step 2 − Click the ‘Install’ button and it will start the installation process.
![Installation Process](/asp.net_mvc/images/installation_process.jpg)
Once the installation process is completed successfully, you will see the following dialog.
![Installation Process Completed](/asp.net_mvc/images/installation_process_completed.jpg)
Step 3 − Close this dialog and restart your computer if required.
Step 4 − Open Visual Studio from the Start Menu, which will open the following dialog. It will take a while for the first time only for preparation.
![Open Visual Studio](/asp.net_mvc/images/open_visual_studio.jpg)
Once all is done, you will see the main window of Visual Studio as shown in the following screenshot.
![Visual Studio Main Window](/asp.net_mvc/images/visual_studio_main_window.jpg)
You are now ready to start your application.