Is there a way to download ASP.NET MVC reference and make it available through the local MSDN library?
I am tired of going to Microsoft's site everytime I need a simple class or method documentation reference.
Thanks!
There isn't an official download yet - but you can get an unofficial download using the PackageThis, which connects to the MSDN Content Service, pulls the data down and builds local CHM or HXS files for you.
Not answering your question, but did you know that the online MSDN library is now available in "loband" format?
There is a new version of this software PackageThis! available at Visual Studio Gallery, which supports Mshc file format (Visual Studio 2010/2012 help packages).
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I am planning to integrate Mvc.Futures in my project, but am unable to find any official documentation for this library.
Official project page on nuget.org points to old asp.net project page on codeplex and even there is not so clear where information about Futures can be found.
I might be missing something, but would appreciate if anyone can give me pointers to the right place.
Thanks.
This is follow up on my own question:
I haven't found anything else related to Mvc.Futures after i posted this question, so i ended up using T4MVC which seem to get more love from MSFT than the Futures itself (lead developer of this template is MSFT employee David Ebbo).
We are using it quite successfully so far (more than 8 months) and i am pleased with the results.
For better integration with Visual Studio i am using AutoT4MVC extensions which runs the T4 templates on each change in the sections of the MVC app that require rebuild (such as Controllers, Content*, Views etc..)
To sum up - i would suggest that you stay out of Mvc.Futures for now and use T4MVC instead.
I installed orchard through the MS web platform installer. It listed web matrix as a dependency and once finished installing it loaded up web matrix.
I am wondering if I can just use VS 2010 instead or does orchard have some setting set for web matrix or something that would require me to do some configuration in VS 2010(ie some iis stuff)?
Thanks
P.S
I tried going to the path where the orchard files are located(that was listed in web matrix) and load up the cs project file into Vs but it seems to be missing folders such as the "Themes" folder.
Yes you can use VS2010 only if you like, and that's the way I prefer it myself, but you should use the full source for Orchard. Go to the Download page download the full source code.
After that you got many good tutorials on the Documentation page.
Good luck!
This page from the Orchard Documentation shows that you can create a module using just a text editor. I would think that using Visual Studio would also be doable, though I can't find an explicit example using VS 2010.
Edit
The documentation has full instructions to enlist in the source code and use Visual Studio 2010 to build Orchard.
Does anyone know where I can find any process guidance templates for TFS 2010 other than the two provided by default?
The Project creation wizard also has a link to download more Microsoft certified process templates, link which points to this page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa718795.aspx. Make sure you keep an eye on that site as new templates will be posted there.
Thanks, Ladislau
Version 3 of the Scrum for Team System template (currenlty a release candidate at time of writing) is available. Info and download locations are available at http://scrumforteamsystem.com/cs/forums/14/ShowForum.aspx
I'm not sure where some of the older 2008 templates on codeplex are up to in terms of providing 2010 versions. I'd suggest going to codeplex and searching for TFS and template and seeing what you find.
There is an excellent demo of using Out Of Brower (OOB) disconnected Silverlight on the official home page of:
http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/silverlight/demos/oob/default.html
Does anyone know where I could find / download the source of this and modify it to use as a proof-of-concept to show my boss so he can green-light a Silverlight project?
thanks!
Update: I am also aware of the very rough demo made available at:
http://www.silverlight.net/learn/videos/silverlight-videos/out-of-browser-experiences/
but it is very basic and ugly, unlike the one I am attempting to locate.
This demo is part of a Microsoft demo kit that the Silverlight team has put together for the Microsoft field to use when demoing Silverlight and the new features. Unfortunately it is not available externally at this time.
John Wiese - ISV Architect Evangelist/Microsoft
For those interested in an answer to this, the closest solution to be found is to use a Silverlight Reflector to inspect the code and styles. This is VERY useful for seeing how someone did a certain effect.
Silverlight Spy (trialware)
A Silverlight Reflector plug-in (untested)
Like everybody else on this planet, I am currently working on a blogging engine using ASP.NET MVC .
I am planning to make this open source under GPL, with a requirement that people already have ASP.NET 3.5 already installed on their machines. Let us say that they do not already have ASP.NET MVC installed (on a shared host)
But, I would like them to host my application inspite of that.
I found this interesting post here by Haack http://haacked.com/archive/2008/11/03/bin-deploy-aspnetmvc.aspx, which suggests to include the below references in Bin directory
System.Web.Mvc
System.Web.Routing
System.Web.Abstractions
My question is, Is it legal for me to include these assemblies in the bin directory when sharing the application?
Thanks,
Chandra
Yes it is. These are redistributable assemblies.
The license is MS-PL, an open source license from Microsoft that allows redistribution.
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/04/01/asp-net-mvc-1-0.aspx
The only catch is that it's not compatible with GPL, so you may want to think of using a different open source license for your project.
Since ASP.NET MVC is released under the Microsoft Public License, you can read more here http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ms-pl.html
I'd say that'd be perfectly legal. It is open source after all.
You can also read some more about the license here: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ms-pl.html