Creating a new ASP.NET MVC web application project
Before we start creating an ASP.NET MVC web application, make sure that you have installed the ASP.NET MVC framework SDK from www.asp.net/mvc. After installation, open Visual Studio 2008 and select menu option File | New | Project. The following screenshot will be displayed. Make sure that you select the .NET framework 3.5 as the target framework. You will notice a new project template called ASP.NET MVC Web Application. This project template creates the default project structure for an ASP.NET MVC application.
After clicking on OK, Visual Studio will ask you if you want to create a test project. This dialog offers the choice between several unit testing frameworks that can be used for testing your ASP.NET MVC application.
You can decide for yourself if you want to create a unit testing project right now-you can also add a testing project later on. Letting the ASP.NET MVC project template create a test project now is convenient because it creates all of the project references, and contains an example unit test, although this is not required. For this example, continue by adding the default unit test project.