Using the _ViewImports.cshtml File to Set Up View Namespaces in MVC 6

As of Beta 5 of ASP.NET 5, there is a new file in the Views folder of an MVC project called _ViewImports.cshtml (here's the GitHub item [https://github.com/aspnet/Announcements/issues/27]). In previous Beta versions, this file was called _GlobalImport.cshtml; even though it has been

An Overview of Tag Helpers in ASP.NET Core

I was a little hesitant about the new Tag Helpers feature coming out with ASP.NET Core and ASP.NET MVC 6 when I last wrote about it [http://www.exceptionnotfound.net/tag-helpers-in-asp-net-5/], but a few recent updates have totally changed my mind. These things are going to be awesome.

Tag Helpers in ASP.NET 5 Beta 3

NOTE: I have written a more updated tutorial on Tag Helpers [http://www.exceptionnotfound.net/tag-helpers-in-asp-net-5-an-overview/]. Check it out! I mentioned in Welcoming the Coming Death of WebForms [http://www.exceptionnotfound.net/welcoming-the-coming-death-of-webforms/] that one of the features I was most excited about in ASP.NET 5 was Tag Helpers.