ASP.NET MVC Snippets

Professional, production-ready ASP.NET MVC code snippets for C# — scaffolding controllers, repositories, services, models, LINQ queries, and more in seconds.

✨ Features

• 12 carefully crafted snippets covering the full MVC/Clean Architecture stack
• Works exclusively in .cs (C#) files — no accidental triggering
• Follows ASP.NET Core best practices: null guards, async/await, AsNoTracking, and structured logging
• Every snippet uses tab stops so you can fill in your entity name once and propagate it throughout
• Covers the complete vertical slice: Controller → Service → Repository → DbContext → Model/DTO

📦 Installation

From VS Code Marketplace

1. Open VS Code
2. Press Ctrl+P (or Cmd+P on macOS)
3. Type ext install your-publisher-name.aspnet-mvc-snippets
4. Press Enter

From the Extensions panel

1. Click the Extensions icon in the Activity Bar (Ctrl+Shift+X)
2. Search for ASP.NET MVC Snippets
3. Click Install

Manual (VSIX)

1. Download the latest .vsix from GitHub Releases
2. In VS Code: Extensions → ... menu → Install from VSIX…
3. Select the downloaded file

🚀 Usage

1. Open any .cs file in your ASP.NET project
2. Type a snippet prefix (e.g. mvc-controller)
3. Select the suggestion from IntelliSense or press Tab
4. Fill in the first tab stop (usually your entity name) — it auto-propagates
5. Press Tab to advance through remaining placeholders

Tip: All tab stops are ordered so that typing your entity name once fills it in everywhere it appears.

📋 Snippet Reference

🖥️ Example — Scaffold a Feature in Under 2 Minutes

1. Model (mvc-model)

[Table("Products")]
public class Product
{
    [Key]
    public int Id { get; set; }

    [Required]
    [StringLength(200)]
    public string Name { get; set; } = string.Empty;

    public bool IsActive { get; set; } = true;
    public DateTime CreatedAt { get; set; } = DateTime.UtcNow;
    public DateTime? UpdatedAt { get; set; }
}

2. Repository Interface (mvc-interface)

public interface IProductRepository
{
    Task<IEnumerable<Product>> GetAllAsync();
    Task<Product?> GetByIdAsync(int id);
    Task<Product> AddAsync(Product entity);
    Task<Product?> UpdateAsync(Product entity);
    Task<bool> DeleteAsync(int id);
    Task<bool> ExistsAsync(int id);
}

3. Repository (mvc-repository)

public class ProductRepository : IProductRepository
{
    private readonly AppDbContext _context;
    // ... full EF Core implementation
}

4. Service (mvc-service)

public class ProductService : IProductService
{
    private readonly IProductRepository _repository;
    private readonly ILogger<ProductService> _logger;
    // ... full service implementation
}

5. Controller (mvc-controller)

[ApiController]
[Route("api/[controller]")]
public class ProductController : ControllerBase
{
    // GET /api/product
    // GET /api/product/{id}
    // POST /api/product
    // PUT /api/product/{id}
    // DELETE /api/product/{id}
}

🔧 Requirements

This extension provides snippets only — no runtime components, no language server, no build tasks.

🤝 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! Please:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feat/my-snippet)
3. Add your snippet to snippets/mvc.code-snippets
4. Update this README's snippet table
5. Open a Pull Request

📤 Publishing to the VS Code Marketplace

Prerequisites

npm install -g @vscode/vsce

One-time setup

1. Create a publisher account at marketplace.visualstudio.com
2. Generate a Personal Access Token (PAT) with Marketplace → Manage scope
3. Add your publisher name to package.json → "publisher" field

Login

vsce login your-publisher-name
# Paste your PAT when prompted

Package (VSIX only — no publish)

vsce package
# Outputs: aspnet-mvc-snippets-1.0.0.vsix

Publish

vsce publish
# Bumps patch and publishes

Bump version and publish

vsce publish minor   # 1.0.0 → 1.1.0
vsce publish major   # 1.0.0 → 2.0.0
vsce publish patch   # 1.0.0 → 1.0.1

📄 License

MIT © Your Name