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title: Adding a controller
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author: rick-anderson
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description: How to add a controller to a simple ASP.NET Core MVC app
manager: wpickett
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ms.author: riande
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ms.date: 02/28/2017
ms.prod: asp.net-core
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ms.technology: aspnet
ms.topic: get-started-article
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uid: tutorials/first-mvc-app-xplat/adding-controller
---
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# Adding a controller to an ASP.NET Core MVC app with Visual Studio Code
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By [Rick Anderson ](https://twitter.com/RickAndMSFT )
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[!INCLUDE[adding-controller ](../../includes/mvc-intro/adding-controller1.md )]
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* In **VS Code** , select the **EXPLORER** icon and then control-click (right-click) **Controllers > New File** and name the new file HelloWorldController.cs.
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[!INCLUDE[adding-controller2 ](../../includes/mvc-intro/adding-controller2.md )]
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>[!div class="step-by-step"]
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