View scaffold templates in ASP.NET Core

Question

MVC 5 has the very handy feature when creating a view to be able to select a template for scaffolding out the view. This uses a T4 template file to generate a CSHTML file based on a specified type.

Is there a way to do anything like this in ASP.Net Core 1.0?

Answer 1

You need to add references on Tools. But only for build time

in project.json, add the following to the dependencies section:

"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Tools": {
  "version": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
  "type": "build"
},
"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc":  {
  "version": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
  "type": "build"
}

Still in project.json, locate the tools section and add the following

"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Tools": {
  "version": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
  "imports": [
    "portable-net45+win8"
  ]
}

Answer 2

Add following line in project.json under dependencies.

"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Tools": "1.0.0-preview2-final"

Also, add following under tools

"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Tools": "1.0.0-preview2-final"

Save the file and it should restore the packages, restart Visual Studio if necessary.

Now when you right click, you should see 'New Scaffolded Item...' option under 'Add'

Answer 3

I know this is old, but for me it was solved by opening the myProject.sln, it loaded the solution and then controller, etc options were available.