vassago/WebInterface/Views/Home/Index.cshtml

@{
    ViewData["Title"] = "Home Page";
}
<div id="tree"></div>
tree above.

@section Scripts{
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function getTree() {
            // Some logic to retrieve, or generate tree structure
            var tree = @Html.Raw(ViewData["treeString"]);
            console.log(tree);
            @* var channels = {text: "channels", nodes: []};
            @{
                var doThing = (currentChannel) => {};
                foreach(Channel c in ViewData["Channels"])
                {
                    channels.push(currentChannel);
                }
            } *@
            var throwaway = 
                [
                    {
                        text: "Parent 1",
                        nodes: [
                            {
                                text: "Child 1",
                                nodes: [
                                    {
                                        text: "Grandchild 1"
                                    },
                                    {
                                        text: "Grandchild 2"
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                text: "Child 2"
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        text: "Parent 2"
                    },
                    {
                        text: "Parent 3"
                    },
                    {
                        text: "Parent 4"
                    },
                    {
                        text: "Parent 5"
                    }
                ];
            return tree;
        }

        $('#tree').bstreeview({ data: getTree() });
    </script>
}