MultilayerAspnetProjectTemplate

A multilayer Asp.net MVC web app project template for Visual Studio 2015

It has all the components you need to start a structured, multi-layer Web Application based on Asp.Net MVC and .Net Framework v4.6.1 (with Entity Framework):

• Presentation Layer
  • Some useful Http and Ajax Helpers
  • Some basic model binders
  • Some useful Extension Methods
• Business Layer
  • Business Entities
  • Some useful Extension Methods
  • Some useful business objects Managers
  • Example of Business Logic
  • Example of "DAL Entity" to/from "Business Entity" Mapper
• Data Access Layer
  • DAL (DB) Entities
  • Generic and Typed Repositories
  • EF Context
  • Migrations
• Log Layer
  • Based on NLog
  • Extendible
• Simple unit test projects
  • Presentation layer tests
  • Business layer tests
  • Fake entities and helpers

How to intall the template

It is very simple!

• Grab the MVCMultiLayer.Template.zip and the MVCMultiLayer.TemplateWizard.dll files from the "TemplatePackages" folder
• Copy the zip file to the "C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual C#" folder
• Register the dll library into the GAC with the command gacutil /i MVCMultiLayer.TemplateWizard.dll

How to use the Project Template

After the template installation, just start Visual Studio 2015 and go to create a new C# Web project. A new "MVCMultiLayer" item will appear in the list ;)

Read the "INFO.md" file to have more information on template generation and usage.