Creating an empty Asp.NET MVC project in Visual Studio 2022

Question

I was trying to create an empty MVC project in VS 2022 but I couldn't find true project type. When I chose "Asp.NET Web Application (Model-View-Controller)", it wasn't empty. When I chose "Asp.NET Web Application", it wasn't a MVC project. Which project type should I choose to create an empty MVC project?

Answer 1

Step 1 ASP.NET Web Application (.NET Framework)--- Project templates for creating ASP.NET applications. You can create ASP.NET Web Forms, MVC, or Web API applications and add many other features in ASP.NET

Step 2 give your project name -- Location -- select Framework

Step 3 Select Empty Project Template --> Add Folders and Core References as -- MVC

Answer 2

In Visual Studio 2022 Installer, below the ".NET Framework 4.8 targeting pack", there is a component named ".NET Framework project and item templates" and by default, this component was not selected. selected and installed it.

Answer 3

You have hit two correct choices. As said in the projects' descriptions, the ASP .NET Web App Empty really is empty and you need to implement MVC yourself.
The default Asp.NET Web Application (Model-View-Controller) project includes example Views and Controllers, which you can always delete or modify if want to.