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C# ASP.NET MVC Basics Modeling and Presenting Data Using Strongly Typed Views

Posted by Goran Stankovic
Goran Stankovic
251 Points

Not sure what the directive fix is for this?

where is the problem videoGames not a directive?

VideoGamesController.cs 
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace Treehouse.Controllers
{
    public class VideoGamesController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Detail()
        {
            var videoGame = new VideoGame()
            {
                Title = "Super Mario 64",
                Description = "Super Mario 64 is a 1996 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.",
                Characters = new Character[]
                {
                    new Character() { Name = "Mario" },
                    new Character() { Name = "Princess Peach" },
                    new Character() { Name = "Bowser" },
                    new Character() { Name = "Toad" },
                    new Character() { Name = "Yoahi" },
                }
            };
            return View(videoGame);
        }
    }
}
Detail.cshtml 
@model VideoGames.Models.VideopGame

@{
    ViewBag.PageTitle = "Video Game Detail";
}

<h1>@Model.Title</h1>

<h5>Description:</h5>
<div>@Model.Description</div>

<h5>Characters:</h5>
<div>
    <ul>
        @foreach (var character in Model.Characters)
        {
            <li>@Model.character</li>
        }
    </ul>
</div>
VideoGame.cs 
namespace Treehouse.Models
{
    // Don't make any changes to this class!
    public class VideoGame
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Title { get; set; }
        public string Description { get; set; }
        public string[] Characters { get; set; }
        public string Publisher { get; set; }

        public string DisplayText
        {
            get
            {
                return Title + " (" + Publisher + ")";
            }
        }
        public string videoGame { get; set; }
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Getting close! I see just two issues:

It looks like you missed the first of the four task steps: "Add a using directive for the Treehouse.Models namespace."

Also, the "Characters" array should be just an array of strings. No "Character" class has been defined.

Goran Stankovic
Goran Stankovic
251 Points

Adding a data model is the same or different to this? where do I start to find this? Lost at present?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The "VideoGame" class is the data model. By completing task 1 you are adding the data model. When you finish these 2 fixes you should move on to task 2.