How do you set the startup page for debugging in an ASP.NET MVC application?

Question

How do you start debugging the application at the application root? For example: http://localhost:49742/

I\'m always getting a page which doesn\'t e

Answer 1

While you can have a default page in the MVC project, the more conventional implementation for a default view would be to use a default controller, implememented in the global.asax, through the 'RegisterRoutes(...)' method. For instance if you wanted your Public\Home controller to be your default route/view, the code would be:

    public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
    {
        routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

        routes.MapRoute(
            "Default", // Route name
            "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
            new { controller = "Public", action = "Home", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
        );

    }

For this to be functional, you are required to have have a set Start Page in the project.