01-Step01.md

Step 1 - Adding a Controller

Let's go ahead and add a new Controller using Copilot!

1. Select the Controllers folder in your Solution Explorer and then hit Ctrl+Shift+A

2. In the dialog box name the file StoreController.cs

3. In the C# file that loads you can use a prompt similar to the one shown to add the three methods (Index, Browse, Details) you need. Enter the prompt as a comment then hit enter.

   namespace CopilotMvcMusicStore.Controllers
   {
       public class StoreController
       {
           // add three methods named Index Browse Details
       }
   }

What happens? Did you get three methods generated?

Go ahead and re-run the project and then manually enter the URL suffixes of /store, /store/browse and /store/detail to see the result of this generated code.

Did Copilot recommend any additional methods? If so, would they have been useful?

Additional steps to perform:

• Use Copilot to make sure you have a Constructor which take one argument of an ILogger. There should be a private property in the class as well that the constructor assigns to.

• Make sure your StoreController inherits from Controller. You can make this change manually. Your class definition should look like this:

  public class StoreController : Controller

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