Need to pass initial viewmodel data from ASP.NET MVC to knockout.js

Question

I was looking at the Contacts editor sample on the knockout.js website:

http://knockoutjs.com/examples/contactsEditor.html

The sample works perfectly, but I need

Answer 1

You could also use your model instead of the ViewBag:

Controller:

        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            var data= GetYourDataFromSomewhere();

            return View(data);
         }

View:

@model IEnumerable

....