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Have you ever tried to create scaffolding around a building?

Or better yet, how about putting some scaffolding up around a hungry Amoeba?

This code is a link to a closed solution on codeplex so you don't have to use Areas.  But the scaffolding is broken and needs to be fixed.  First off I wanted to create a directory "inside" the controller, view, model that represents the namespace.   In Sql they have this thing called a schema, and in c# code they have namespaces. And on the file system they have directories.  Unfortunately when using the entity framework there is no way to push these out into their own directory within the models, views, and controllers directories.    But I think that it would be nice.  In this solution I've only created a single directory: Department.  In the link I think I switch to just dept, so you won't be able to get them both working together unless you decide on Department or Dept for short.

So first off let me vent my frustration about not being able to change how and where and even why the MVC 4.5 framework defaults adding new controllers and views and even models right off the bat.   Why make it so strict?  What happened to separation of concerns?   Who is really implementing my code?  Why can't I add a directory in the controller, view, or model if I want to and just tweak the implementation.  I don't get it, luckily there is something called a routing engine and you create your own implementation that ignores the standard model which is vexing, limiting, and irritating to someone who wants to make it behave a certain way.

So here is what I tried to do to get around it.... the code in the link above I placed in the app_start directory and in the routing file I added a link of code like so:

         

 

            routes.MapRoute(

                name: "Department",

                url: "Department/{controller}/{action}/{id}",

                defaults: new { controller = "DepartmentHome", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },

                namespaces: new[] { "MBNMVC.Controllers.Department" }

            );

            routes.MapRoute(

                name: "DepartmentHome",

                url: "Department/{controller}/{action}/{id}",

                defaults: new { controller = "DepartmentHome", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },

                namespaces: new[] { "MBNMVC.Controllers.Department" }

            );

            routes.MapRoute(

                name: "DepartmentAccount",

                url: "Department/{controller}/{action}/{id}",

                defaults: new { controller = "DepartmentAccount", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },

                namespaces: new[] { "MBNMVC.Controllers.Department" }

            );

                           );