Getting Started With ASP.NET MVC 4

Updated on 19-Aug-2012:
Updated after MVC 4 RTM to include latest download link.

This post is part of ASP.NET MVC 4 Article Series.

In this first post of ASP.NET MVC 4 article series, we will see how and from where we can download and install MVC 4. Following are the different useful links for downloading ASP.NET MVC 4.

ASP.NET MVC 4 NuGet Packages
One good news is that MVC 4 is also available via NuGet. To install MVC 4 via NuGet, type following in the Package Manager Console.

For more detail regarding NuGet package please visit http://www.nuget.org/List/Packages/AspNetMvc

ASP.NET MVC 4 for Visual Studio 2010
If you are using Visual Studio 2010 then you can use MVC 4 with Visual Studio 2010. To install MVC 4 via Web Platform Installer for Visual Studio 2010 please visit following link.
http://www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/install.aspx?appid=MVC4VS2010

Visual Studio Express 2012
You can download Visual Studio Express 2012 for free from here http://www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/install.aspx?appid=VWD11AzurePack

ASP.NET MVC 4 Direct Download Link
For Visual Studio 2010, first you need to install Visual Studio 2010 SP1 KB983509 via http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/3/0/230C4F4A-2D3C-4D3B-B991-2A9133904E35/VS10sp1-KB983509.exe

MVC 4 Direct link for Visual Studio 2010 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30683

MVC 4 Direct link for Visual Studio 2012 http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/11/en-us/downloads#vs

Useful links

• http://asp.net/mvc/mvc4 for latest update regarding MVC 4
• http://forums.asp.net/1146.aspx ASP.NET MVC forum