Adding Views

We were returning a simple string from the controller. Although that explains the concept of how the Controller and action method works, it is not of much practical use.

Let us create a new action method by the name, Index2:

public IActionResult Index2() { 
  return View(); // View for this 'Index2' action method 
} 

Now, we have created the action method that returns a View. But we still have not added the View for the same. By convention, ASP.NET MVC would try to search for our View in the folder Views\{ControllerName}\{ActionMethod.cshtml}. With respect to the preceding example, it will try to search for Views\Home\Index2.cshtml. Please note that the name of the controller folder-is Home , not HomeController. Only the prefix is needed as per convention. As this folder structure and file are not available, you'll get a 500 Internal Server Error when you try to access this action method through the URL http://localhost:50140/Home/Index2.

So, let us create a folder...