ASP.NET MVC Scaffolding

Customizing MVC Scaffolding
Hi. This is Steve Michelotti from Pluralsight. In this module we're going to cover customizing MVC Scaffolding. At this point you should have a pretty decent understanding of how to use MVC Scaffolding. If not, I recommend you go back and view the first module, which shows you everything you need to know to get up and running with MVC Scaffolding pretty quickly. In this module I'm going to cover a number of topics. First I'm going to show the package structure of scaffolding so you get a better understanding of how things are put together behind the scenes. Then I'm going to cover scaffolders because it is really important you understand how scaffolders work, default scaffolders, and how you can change the default scaffolders. Then I'm going to show how to customize scaffold view templates. You're always going to hear me say, if you're not happy with the code that scaffolding is producing, then it's your responsibility to change it, to customize it how you want it for your project. And finally, I'm going to show how to customize scaffold controller templates so you really get an understanding that scaffolding is more about just producing code for your markup, but also any C# code that is participating in your scaffolding--that can be changed easily as well.

Custom Scaffolders
Hi. This is Steve Michelotti from Pluralsight. In this module we're going to cover custom scaffolders. Now this is different from module 2 where we talked about customizing scaffolding because in module 2 we were customizing the templates that came with the built-in scaffolders. In this module we're going to cover how to build your own custom scaffolders regardless of whether you're actually in MVC or in another framework. The first thing I'm going to do is create just a very basic custom scaffolder so you see how that works. Once we do that then we're going to go into a more complex scaffolder. In this complex scaffolder we're going to show how to leverage the built-in T4 scaffolders so our scaffolder is going to make use of other scaffolders. Also, our scaffolder is going to make use of the built-in commandlets that come with T4 scaffolding. I'm also going to show how you package up your scaffolder in the form of a NuGet package for reuse and redistribution. And finally I'm going to cover a little bit about how you can customize the scaffolding environment. The first thing I'm going to show is how to build your own custom scaffolder.