Create and Run MVC 5 Project in VS 2012

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Solution 1

A new tutorial has been recently added to the ASP.NET website on how to upgrade an MVC4 project to MVC5.

I migrated a VS 2012 project using this tutorial without problems, but there is no design time support for Razor 3 in VS2012 due to changes in the way VS loads the razor engine.

You can edit razor pages in VS2012, but it will be a plain HTML editor.

Solution 2

Microsoft has released updated Web Tools 2013.1 that provide the support:

Note that I had to install it manually from the second link, the tools did not install properly from Web Platform Installer. Also a colleague had to install both Update 4 and these tools to get proper support.

Original answer (not actual anymore):

I received this answer from Microsoft developer:

MVC 5/Razor 3 tooling support for VS 2012 has not shipped yet. We hope to ship this support in Mid November.

~~Recently ASP.NET Program Manager from Microsoft mentioned in a talk that this would be included in VS2012 Update 4.~~ Edit: unfortunately the support is not in Update 4.

So the accepted answer is true for now but we can plan to soon have this support in VS2012 as well.

Solution 3

Microsoft has released an update for this, Web Tools 2013.1 for VS2012.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2013/11/18/announcing-release-of-asp-net-and-web-tools-2013-1-for-visual-studio-2012.aspx

Solution 4

I'm not sure MS will fix it.

The bug report says problem closed : by design

https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/806348/razor-intellisense-does-not-work-in-visual-studio-2012-after-upgrading-to-mvc-5-razor-3

and it is mid November

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Alireza Noori

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Updated on May 07, 2020

Comments

Alireza Noori about 4 years

For some reason my Visual Studio 2013 Preview cannot create MVC 5 Projects. Since the MVC project is now open source in CodePlex I was wondering if there's a simple way to develop MVC 5 projects in my Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate.
- CodeCaster almost 11 years
  
  "cannot create MVC 5 Projects" - explain. What did you do, what happens, what do you expect to happen, what did you try to resolve this yourself?
- Alireza Noori almost 11 years
  
  Well that's not really the question here. I'm looking to see how to use VS2012 for this. I already have posted my feedback to MSFT about this. Hopefully they'll solve it.
- CodeCaster almost 11 years
  
  Well if your feedback is as extensive as your question here, you will get a "Click New Project and select MVC 5" answer. Did you try anything, does anything not work, not appear, or give an error?
- Alireza Noori almost 11 years
  
  @CodeCaster haha. Didn't mean to make you angry. I just wanted us to stay on topic. I posted the feedback along with a video. You're welcome to watch it. It really says it all. Let me know if you want anything more. Sincerely. dropbox.com/s/6nnwe5u23pte543/MVC.mp4
- CodeCaster almost 11 years
  
  I'm not angry. :-) I'm just asking clarification on your question. VS projects are templates. Perhaps you can just use VS2013's MVC templates in VS2012. But like I said, please show what you have tried and what happens.
- Alireza Noori almost 11 years
  
  Hmm, haven't tried that one. How can I use those templates? Perhaps you could post it as an answer.
- Bilal Fazlani almost 11 years
  
  intersting... i have vs 2012.. not planning to switch to 2013 any time soon... I would really want to know how to create mvc5 project using vs2012
Nathan over 10 years

Please vote for the corresponding bug at Microsoft connect: connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/806348/…
Robert Koritnik over 10 years

Not any more. As of 10/09 pages will be edited with latest Razor engine instead.
DodyG over 10 years

I have updated to Update 4 and Razor 3 is still not supported.
Knaģis over 10 years

I sent an e-mail to Microsoft, they said that the support is still in works and has not been shipped. Unfortunately they did not say anything more specific :(
cgijbels over 10 years

MS just released ASP.NET and Web Tools 2013.1 for Visual Studio 2012 which should solve all of the above
Bart Calixto over 10 years

amazing I found your comment 1 hour after you published for the first time looking into this problem. Fixed it.
firepol over 10 years

Also do not forget to install Entity Framework 6 for Visual Studio 2012: microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40762
Samuel over 10 years

@Knaģis, your description link does seem to say that it supports razor tooling with a screenshot.