We are planning to use VS2010 later in the future, but currently working on 2008. Since the RenderAction is still a Future, we want to be sure it will be a "Production Quality" component later, when we do decide to move to VS2010...
Does anybody knows if it made it into VS2010 b2?
Thanks
It did make it into MVC Beta, and I saw a Microsoft representative demo it last week - so yes, it is very much alive.
The current plan is for Html.RenderAction() to be moved out of Futures and into the core product as of MVC 2 Beta. (Plans are always subject to change, obviously.)
VS2008 SP1:
MVC 2 Beta will target VS2008 SP1. When MVC 2 is complete, it will continue to target VS2008 SP1.
VS2010:
VS2010 Beta 2 ships with MVC 2 Preview 2, which is an earlier release than MVC 2 Beta and thus does not include Html.RenderAction(). If you need it for this build, you can find it in MVC 2 Preview 2 Futures. When VS2010 is complete, it will ship with MVC 2 RTM.
ASP.NET 4 / .NET 4
MVC 2 is technically an out-of-band release, so even though it will ship with VS2010, it's not part of ASP.NET 4 or .NET 4. That is, you shouldn't expect System.Web.Mvc.dll to be a part of any .NET 4 installer. It will be able to be downloaded separately after release.
It's in Asp.Net Mvc v2.0 release candidate (System.Web.Mvc namespace).
Quite high odds that it won't just dissappear. :)