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  1. Make MEF available natively on MVC

    The injection of controllers work with MEF

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    • I would like a better story around BDD style development.

      Take a look Cucumber (cukes.info) for Ruby on Rails. The tool is fun to use and helps me think in terms of the behavior of the application that I'm trying to build.

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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…

        29 votes
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        • ASP.NET Homepage Button Styling

          The homepage of asp.net is very nice and easy to look at, but whenever you hover on the circle buttons on the top and that transparency shows up I get very annoyed. I believe the transparency should be decreased by 23.5%, the transparency really overwhelms the page and it's difficult to focus on other objects while it's hilighted.

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          • Real time change in UI or javascript code

            I would really like to have real time update on UI and javascript etc etc like this guy is doing in the presentation

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUv66718DII

            That would be awesome. Page Inspector is a cool idea but still it is a fancy way of browsing. Still need to press ctrl + shift + Enter (same behavior for browsers).

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            • Better error handling

              When trying to handle errors in ASP.NET, you have to jump through a series of unintuitive and often poorly documented hoops to catch an exception and handle it in a sensible way. The non-senisble and default way to handle exceptions would be to redirect to a static HTML file that responds with an HTTP 200 Status Code, which is so wrong it's crazy that it's even available as an option, nonetheless set as the default.

              It's also extremely confusing that IIS and ASP.NET each tries to handle errors on their own way, with their own corresponding, diverging and confusing configuration…

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              • Support for Razor alternative to SASS/SCSS/Less

                I've been experimenting with the use of Razor/C# code in CSS files. Like other precompiling CSS solutions, it compiles the CSS source file to get a clean CSS output.

                Two major advantages over other solutions:

                – There are few limitations. Anything I can accomplish in Razor/C# I can also do in my CSS file (variables, loops, dynamic data, helpers... you name it!).

                – I can use a programming language that I, and others (!), are already familiar with. My team don't have to learn any new syntax, and when a new team member is assigned he understands the code instantly.

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                • Project/Page Startup Templates

                  When someone creates a new project, there should be an option to create a startup project or template that resembles a common UI and controls with demo data in place and event hooked up to the UI. A dev can then take that template, hook to the app data and get a page / project setup fairly quickly

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                  • Add an 'exclude comments' option to find/replace

                    Sometimes you want to search the code, not the documentation

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                    • php compilation and project type

                      As open source programming grows up , every IDE is know trying to integrate various server side technologies , so VS must incorporate php integration and its project type in its IDE along with server integration and intellisence .

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                      • Enable the use of generics in asp.net markup

                        It would be nice to enable generic declaration in the markup of an asp.net page and adapt framework to have generic controls. For example: <asp:ListView`1[SomeClass] runat="server" ... like it is done in settings file for .net application

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                        • Addd official support to asp.net mvc for ruby/dlr languages

                          I know it is possible using IronRuby, but I would like to see it as an officially supported option

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                          • Add the ability to transform Web.Config without rebuilding

                            Allow Web.Config transforms to be applied to a deployment package without a rebuild under a different configuration.
                            QA packages can then be converted to production release packages without fear of introducing any subsequent changes.
                            Add ins exist but would prefer to have built in support

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

                              Thanks for the suggestion. If I understand you correctly you want to be able to create a single Web Deploy package and then use that to publish to multiple destinations, including executing the web.config transform?

                              We are certainly looking at this scenario. I have created a prototype of what this support might look like. I’d love to get your thoughts on it. I’ve created a 5 minute video. You can take a look at http://sedodream.com/2012/03/14/PackageWebUpdatedAndVideoBelow.aspx.

                            • Automated Deployments to Azure inc SQL Azure

                              As you say in the roadmap "Cloud ready:"... "the task of deploying and hosting". Would be amazing if this was something pushed for by the MVC team. Obviously involves other MS teams, but I think its great you guys see this huge hole (mainly with SQL Azure) in the whole MS cloud offering. Complex deploys to Azure are a PAIN, and I see very little about future plans to properly sort this out.

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                              • Intellisense - OOP patterns for JS

                                Please provide the intellisense support for object-oriented and "mixin" patterns of Mootools. Also intellisense should work when chaining the methods in jQuery, Mootools and Prototype. This article would give you some insight on different OOP patterns on JS -> http://jqueryvsmootools.com/index.html.

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                                • Add UI to change project type

                                  Sometimes I have the need to change the project type. Instead of opening up another project file and copy the project type guids, it would be extremely helpful to be able to change the type of a project through a dialog

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                                  • WebSockets support in ASP.NET 4.5 should not be limited to IIS! From web server's ISV it's anti-competitive!

                                    HttpContext.AcceptWebSocketRequest() internally uses IIS7WorkerRequest, which makes high-level WebSockets support in ASP.NET depend on IIS. But IIS is not the only http.sys-based web server for ASP.NET! (http://ultidev.com/products/UWS/) To enable other ASP.NET web server vendors support for WebSockets, *HttpWorkerRequest should be modified to include WebSockets access virtual methods*, and HttpContext.AcceptWebSocketRequest() should call standard HttpWorkerRequest interface instead of proprietary IIS7WorkerRequest.

                                    HttpWorkerRequest must have WebSockets interface used by

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                                    • Remove SimpleMembership dependency in MVC Account controller

                                      Simple membership isn't as simple as original membership, would rather depend on it

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                                      • Code snippet for Linear Gradient and Intellisense friendly

                                        Please implement the code snippet for CSS Linear Gradient in VS11.

                                        For an instance:

                                        background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #e2e2e2 0%, #dbdbdb 36%, #fefefe 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
                                        background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#e2e2e2), color-stop(36%,#dbdbdb), color-stop(100%,#fefefe)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
                                        background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #e2e2e2 0%,#dbdbdb 36%,#fefefe 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
                                        background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #e2e2e2 0%,#dbdbdb 36%,#fefefe 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
                                        background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #e2e2e2 0%,#dbdbdb 36%,#fefefe 100%); /* IE10+ */
                                        background: linear-gradient(top, #e2e2e2 0%,#dbdbdb 36%,#fefefe 100%); /* W3C */
                                        filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#e2e2e2', endColorstr='#fefefe',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */

                                        When the first highlighted parameter should be the angle then hitting <enter> should take to next parameter and…

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                                        • Make it easy to split a web project into multiple projects for larger sites

                                          The entire VS2010 web project experience is based on a single project in a single solution. A larger application is split in separate modules and each module would be a sub web project. It would be convenient if we could partition our web development into framework development (infrastructure projects) and functional development (application projects). Together they are the target website. In our organization the infrastructure team uses one solution and the functional teams use another solution. The development experience for regular .NET projects, like library projects, Control projects, EXE projects is needed for websites as well.

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