ASP.NET MVC Route Debugging
When working with Routes in ASP.NET MVC, you sometimes expect a route to match, but another route matches instead. There is currently no way to debug this using Visual Studio.
Phil Haack, from Haacked.com, developed a small utility which displays the route data pulled from the request of the current request in the address bar. At the bottom, it shows a list of all defined routes in your application. This allows you to see which of your routes would match the current URL.
All you need to do to start debugging your routes is add Phil Haack’s assembly to your bin folder and add one simple line to your Global.asax:
protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
RouteDebug.RouteDebugger.
RewriteRoutesForTesting(RouteTable.Routes);
}
You can find Phil’s post here, along with the assembly and even the source code with a demonstration.
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