Authentication - Layout and Context - Location / Multiple

Question

How should I handle Layout and Context in a Tutorial Authentication project?

When Scaffolding Identity in the Authentication Tutorial, what is the best location for both the Layout and Context files?

Tutorial: Introduction to Identity on ASP.NET Core / Scaffolding Identity Environment: Net Core 6, Visual Studio Community 2022 (64 bit), WIndows 11

In more complex projects...

Are there suppose to be either separate second layout and/or context files within the Areas.Identity folder separate from the default Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml and Data/ApplicationDbContext files (separating concerns)? Layout Page Suggested in Dialogue Box (below) Select an existing layout page, or specify a new one: /Areas/Identity/Pages/Account/Manage/_Layout.cshtml Or Default

Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml

**Context

Default**

Data/ApplicationDbContext

Answer 1

How should I handle Layout and Context in a Tutorial Authentication project?

According to your other threads, you've already created Identity DbContext, added the migration, updated the database, and added a user account. Do not click the plus sign. Click the dropdown and select the Identity DbContext you already created. For the layout option, you get to select a layout page. Since you created an MVC project, the Areas\Identity\Pages_viewstart.cshtml file should already point to the ~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml. so there is no need to select another layout unless you want or need to.

Select an Existing layout page, or specify a new one: ~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml (Leave empty if it is set in a Razor _viewstart file)

By the way, you are not separating concerns. You are actually doing the opposite by creating duplicated code.