Adding users to a list MVC - asp.net-mvc

Question

I have a form in which the user is supposed to enter Name and Wage and click a button Add. When the button "Add" is clicked, that user is supposed to be displayed on a list.
This is how I tried it.
Controller:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using TimeIsMoney.Models;
namespace TimeIsMoney.Controllers
{
public class HomeController : Controller
{
List<UserModel> users = new List<UserModel>();
public ActionResult Index(string returnUrl)
{
ViewBag.ReturnUrl = returnUrl;
return View();
}
public ActionResult AddUser(UserModel user)
{
users.Add(user);
return View(users);
}
}
}
View:
#model TimeIsMoney.Models.LoginModel
#{
}
#functions{
public string GetAntiForgeryToken()
{
string cookieToken, formToken;
AntiForgery.GetTokens(null, out cookieToken, out formToken);
return cookieToken + ":" + formToken;
}
}
<div id="main-content" class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2">
<div class="col-md-12 row">
<h1>Time is money my friend!</h1>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12 row">
<h2>1000kr</h2>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12 row">
<button class="btn" onclick="start()">Start</button>
<button class="btn" onclick="reset()">Reset</button>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12 row">
<form >
<input type="text" placeholder="Name" />
<input type="number" placeholder="Hourly wage" />
<input type="submit" value="Add" onclick="AddUser()" />
</form>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12 row">
<div class="col-md-3 col-md-offset-1">
<label>Name:</label>
<ul>
<li>Dave</li>
<li>Pete</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="col-md-4">
<label>Wage:</label>
<ul>
<li>500kr/h</li>
<li>500kr/h</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<br />
<br />
</div>
Model:
namespace TimeIsMoney.Models
{
public class UserModel
{
[Required]
[DataType(DataType.Text)]
[DisplayName("Username")]
public string UserName { get; set; }
[Required]
[DataType(DataType.Text)]
[DisplayName("Wage")]
public string Wage { get; set; }
}
}
Am I on the right path?
How can I move on from here?
UPDATE:
public ActionResult AddUser(UserModel user)
{
var list = Session["myUsers"] as List<UserModel>;
list.Add(user);
return View(list);
}

Answer 1

You're mostly on the right path excluding way you're trying to store your users list.
Since ASP.NET MVC controller instance is created for every request and disposed after view is rendered and passed to the browser - it will be new controller holding new List<UserModel> created on every request.
So you have to store it somewhere else (session variables, file on server's disk, database and so on). Usually database is best choice for this.
In the case you want to store it in session variable, you should add something like this into Global.asax:
protected void Session_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Session["myUsers"] = new List<UserModel>();
}
and then in your controller's methods you will be able to access this list as
var list = Session["myUsers"] as List<UserModel>;