Practicing and exploring

Test your knowledge and understanding by answering some questions, get some hands-on practice, and explore this chapter's topics with deeper research.

Exercise 15.1 – Test your knowledge

Answer the following questions:

1. What do the files with the special names _ViewStart and _ViewImports do when created in the Views folder?
2. What are the names of the three segments defined in the default ASP.NET Core MVC route, what do they represent, and which are optional?
3. What does the default model binder do, and what data types can it handle?
4. In a shared layout file like _Layout.cshtml, how do you output the content of the current view?
5. In a shared layout file like _Layout.cshtml, how do you output a section that the current view can supply content for, and how does the view supply the contents for that section?
6. When calling the View method inside a controller's action method, what paths are searched for...