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• Victor Woo commented  ·  January 27, 2013 5:42 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Is it possible to write a simple custom Console Application that includes a owin library that can host a Asp.Net Web Application directly (without katana.exe, like CassiniDev's library)?
  Is it possible to let an Asp.Net Web Application including MVC 4, Web API, SignalR features hosted across IIS and owin, without / rarely changing code?

• Miguel Jimenez commented  ·  December 19, 2012 10:17 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Must be OWIN complaint and maybe expose a self hosting class like Nancy, to embed in windows services and windows forms apps.

• Damian Hickey commented  ·  October 26, 2012 6:22 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  @Mark If it's OWIN based, as has been indicated, you'll at least get an entry point that can looks something like this:

  Task ProcessRequest(IDictionary<string, object> environment)

  Though there will probably be a friendlier API in conjunction with this.

• Mark Seemann commented  ·  October 26, 2012 6:18 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Very importantly, it should be possible to communicate with the self-host server without going through the network stack.

  As a comparison, the ASP.NET Web API self-host server supports this scenario, which is very important for in-proc acceptance testing, because it enables you to run the automated acceptance test without elevated privileges.

• Damian Hickey commented  ·  October 17, 2012 6:15 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  @Howard sounds awesome!

• AdminHoward Dierking (ASP.NET, ASP.NET Future Feature Feedback) commented  ·  October 16, 2012 11:20 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  This is one of the scenarios that we're looking at under the umbrella of http://katanaproject.codeplex.com/ - right now, our focus is on making OWIN first class across the different hosting options and on making those scenarios blazingly fast. We'll then shift focus to the framework side of the equation. So this is definitely on our radar.

• Damian Hickey commented  ·  October 15, 2012 10:41 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  When considering this, consider doing it via OWIN (http://owin.org), which is already supported by SignalR, Nancy, FubuMVC, ServiceStack etc.

• llewellyn falco commented  ·  January 31, 2012 11:45 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  REALLY LIKE THIS, but think it comes down to allowing the template engine to run under normal context. That in particular I would vote +1,000 for.

• lfoust commented  ·  January 24, 2012 5:00 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  It would be great to be able to write Win8 javascript based applications using MVC!