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  1. Make the HtmlHelpers extendable

    The HtmlHelpers are today closed for modification since they are static classes. There is probably not a way around that.

    You can however define some interfaces which you resolve through the DependencyResolver so that we can modify the generated HTML. By doing so we can adjust the HTML outputted to fit our own needs.

    I describe a similar approach here: http://blog.gauffin.org/2011/10/first-draft-of-my-alternative-html-helpers/

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    • Support for Stylus

      Add please native support for Stylus - much better than Less and SASS/SCSS CSS preprocessor.

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      • "Paste JSON as TypScript Class/Interface"

        Add significant TypeScript support if MS is serious about it. A nice start would be "Paste JSON as TypeScript Class/Interface"

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        • common and cool controls

          common and cool controls where it's really easy to use such as http://awesome.codeplex.com and report viewer control for asp.net mvc

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          • Exclusionary generic argument method modifiers

            For example, you could add modifiers specifying that a method only compiles if the generic arguments do not implement iEnumerable

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            • Rich tools

              Need to have tools that gives interface like an app on tablet. Need something that connects asynchronous to server and give the users a rich experience like an win app or something like that. The 3rd party tools can be adopted to next framework as well.

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                  • When splitting a conditional statement put the imperative statement before the end condition

                    In VB, if you have the line IF A = B THEN C = D and the line is split after THEN the C=D statement should be contained between the IF and the END IF

                    Desired result:
                    IF A = B THEN
                    C = D
                    END IF

                    Current result VS2012:
                    IF A = B THEN
                    END IF
                    C = D

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                          • Possibility to hide XML comments and attributes for classes and methods

                            It's good to add XML comments to methods and classes. Especially for intellisence reasons but while reading a piece of code I think it's waste of screen space. Makes it harder to navigate the code. It would be great if I had the opportunity to have it always collapsed. Maybe with a symbol next to the method where I can hover the comment.

                            Same goes for attributes. I want to see that there are some, but not the details.

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                            • Add out of the box support for flushing early like FaceBook's BigPipe

                              I created an experiment to show how this could work a while ago here... https://github.com/atlascode/asyncsections

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                              • asp.net membership database schema update

                                asp.net membership database schema, change uniqueidentifier datatype of primary keys to int fo all tables.

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                                • 301 redirect www to non-www

                                  How i can redirect 301 www to non-www. I have tried to edit default.aspx, global.asax, web.config but server always responses error.

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                                  • Tileview control

                                    A control that works very much like the grid view but allows you to view content in a tiled view (eg. at least 3 or 4 columns of content on each row. sort of like the way you see in folder)

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                                    • Use virtual file system for ASP.NET Bundling & Minification

                                      Make ASP.NET Bundling & Minification (System.Web.Optimization) using the virtual file system to support bundling and minification of virtual files.

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                                      • Provide virtual formatting in editors for XAML, Razor, ASP.NET Web Forms etc.

                                        Declarative languages that are bound to a visual tree are often heavily nested and also tend to be refactored frequently. Maintaining the formatting for these languages can quickly become a chore, even with 'reformat' features.

                                        Virtual formatting lets the editor handle indentation in the same way it handles syntax-coloring. Indentation of text is immediate and fluid as edit operations are completed; text just re-flows when the structure changes, there is no 'reformat' button.

                                        No tabs or spaces are inserted for formatting, indentation is more akin to that of word-processors (but actually a lot smarter).

                                        This video shows virtual formatting in…

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                                        • Make it easier to configure Web Publish Profiles

                                          I'd like to see a GUI for some MSBuild/Web Publish Target settings like: folder permissions (ACLs), blocking a folder from being overridden (e.g. upload folder containing user files), easy site backup before publish (to a zip file probably), etc.

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                                            0 comments  ·  General ASP.NET  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

                                            Hi Dirk, I think this is a great idea. If you don’t already know the publish profiles are now stored as a part of your project under Properties\PublishProfiles. For this I was thinking that it would be good to have an editor for all the advanced properties if you double click the file.

                                            The only thing that I’m not sure of is how many people would be interested in using this functionality. If we can get a good amount of votes on this item then I can use that to justify the work.

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