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C# ASP.NET MVC Basics Views Using ViewBag

Posted by shawn khah
shawn khah
15,082 Points

can't solve challenge 2 of 2

Update the Detail.cshtml view to use the ViewBag data. Remove the title, description, and characters variables. Replace the title, description, and characters references with the respective ViewBag properties. Important: In each task of this code challenge, the code you write should be added to the code from the previous task. Restart Preview Get Help Check Work VideoGamesController.cs Detail.cshtml

1 @{ 2 Layout = null; 3

4 var title = "Super Mario 64"; 5 var description = "Super Mario 64 is a 1996 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64."; 6 var characters = new string[] 7 { 8 "Mario", 9 "Princess Peach", 10 "Bowser", 11 "Toad", 12 "Yoshi" 13 }; 14 } 15 ​ 16 <!DOCTYPE html> 17 ​ 18 <html> 19 <head> 20 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" /> 21 <title>Video Game Detail</title> 22 </head> 23 <body> 24 <div> 25 <h1>@title</h1> 26

27 <h5>Description:</h5> 28 <div>@description</div> 29

30 <h5>Characters:</h5> 31 <div> 32 <ul> 33 @foreach (var character in characters) 34 { 35 <li>@character</li> 36 } 37 </ul> 38 </div> 39 </div> 40 </body> 41 </html> 42 ​

VideoGamesController.cs 
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace Treehouse.Controllers
{
    public class VideoGamesController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Detail()
        {
            ViewBag.Title = "Super Mario 64";
            ViewBag.Description = "Super Mario 64 is a 1996 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.";
            ViewBag.Characters = new string[]
            {
                "Mario",
                "Princess Peach",
                "Bowser",
                "Toad",
                "Yoshi"
            };

            return View();
        }
    }
}
Detail.cshtml 
@{
    Layout = null;

    var title = "Super Mario 64";
    var description = "Super Mario 64 is a 1996 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.";
    var characters = new string[]
    {
        "Mario",
        "Princess Peach",
        "Bowser",
        "Toad",
        "Yoshi"
    };
}

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
<head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>Video Game Detail</title>
</head>
<body>
    <div>
        <h1>@title</h1>

        <h5>Description:</h5>
        <div>@description</div>

        <h5>Characters:</h5>
        <div>
            <ul>
                @foreach (var character in characters)
                {
                    <li>@character</li>
                }
            </ul>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

James Churchill
STAFF
James Churchill
Treehouse Teacher
James Churchill
James Churchill
Treehouse Teacher

Shawn,

Were you able to get past this code challenge? If not, what have you tried? Did you receive an error message?

Thanks ~James