I tried adding it to the tests (manually myself) and yes, it shows the parameter in square brackets.

>Does intellisense show it as optional (surrounded by brackets)?
>
>>Hi everybody,
>>
>>I've been following PluralSight ASP.NET MVC tutorial along and so far all been good, but somehow the last piece is not working as it supposed to.
>>
>>I have this code
>>

>>namespace OdeToFood.Controllers
>>{
>>    public class CuisineController : Controller
>>    {
>>        //
>>        // GET: /Cuisine/
>>
>>        public ActionResult Search(string name = "*")
>>        {
>>            name = Server.HtmlEncode(name); 
>>            return Content("You reached " + name);
>>        }
>>
>>    }
>>}

>>
>>which supposed to allow me to not pass parameter and still work.
>>
>>However, when I type just cuisine in the URL, I still get 404 error.
>>
>>What may be a problem?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.