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

Mohammed Abdalla
Mohammed Abdalla
7,448 Points

There is something wrong with the compiler

Need Help

VideoGamesController.cs
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Treehouse.Models;
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 string[]
            {
                "Mario",
                "Princess Peach",
                "Bowser",
                "Toad",
                "Yoshi"
            }
        };
          /*  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(videoGame);
        }
    }
}
Detail.cshtml
@model Treehouse.Models.VideoGame
@{
    Model.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>@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 + ")";
            }
        }
    }
}
Allan Clark
Allan Clark
10,810 Points

Can I get some more info on your problem? what error are you getting?

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

You converted one thing too many.

Changing ViewBag.PageTitle is not of of the instructions listed for task 2.