Routing and Ninject gives 404 - asp.net

Question

I'm trying to setup routing in my web application.
It doesn't seem to work with Ninject however. If I comment all the Ninject in my Global.asax, the route works like a charm.
With Ninject in the file, I just get a 404 "The resource cannot be found" when trying to open the route page.
Heres what is in my Global.asax code:
<%# Application Language="C#" Inherits="Ninject.Web.NinjectHttpApplication" %>
<%# Import Namespace="Infrastructure.Storage" %>
<%# Import Namespace="Ninject" %>
<%# Import Namespace="Ninject.Modules" %>
<%# Import Namespace="System.Web.Routing" %>
<script runat="server">
void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
}
void Application_End(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Code that runs on application shutdown
}
void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Code that runs when an unhandled error occurs
}
void Session_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Code that runs when a new session is started
}
void Session_End(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Code that runs when a session ends.
// Note: The Session_End event is raised only when the sessionstate mode
// is set to InProc in the Web.config file. If session mode is set to StateServer
// or SQLServer, the event is not raised.
}
protected override IKernel CreateKernel()
{
IKernel kernel = new StandardKernel(new SiteModule());
return kernel;
}
public class SiteModule : NinjectModule
{
public override void Load()
{
//Bind<ILogger>().To<NLogger>().InSingletonScope();
//Bind<IAuthentication>().To<Authentication>();
Bind<ISession>().To<LinqToSqlSession>();
Bind<IReadOnlySession>().To<LinqToSqlReadOnlySession>();
//Bind<IReporting>().To<LinqToSqlReporting>();
}
}
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.MapPageRoute("City", "Cities/{id}", "~/test2.aspx");
}
</script>
Anyone have an idea for what could be wrong?

Answer 1

When you use the NinjectHttpApplication class for your asax, you need to change the way the applicationStart & applicationEnd are called.
What's happening is .net automatically wires the methods above to the corresponding events. Because the NinjectHttpApplication already handles the Application_Start, your method won't get called, hence your routes are not registered. You need change that method to
protected override void OnApplicationStarted()
{
base.OnApplicationStarted();
RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
}