Will MVC 2 run on .net framework version 4.0 or 3.5 sp1? Has Microsoft even made an announcement yet as to what the requirements are?
Also, Will MVC 2 be an installation separate from .net 4.0 or will it be installed with 4.0?
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MVC 2 will be fine with either. The next version of MVC will require 4.0 or later, but this new "2" is fine either way.
The final Visual Studio 2010 will have MVC 2 included. For now the MVC 2 release candidate is a download, available here.
Patrick Karcher
2010-01-12 23:40:24
Got any information on the _next_ version? Searching for this stuff is hard because there is so much out there on mvc and asp.net that it all gets lost in the ether
Allen
2010-01-12 23:41:37
ASP.NET MVC 2 has just barely been released as RC not even a month ago - there's very little you'll find on the next version seeing how this one is not even out.
Marek Karbarz
2010-01-12 23:43:51
No, not much information on MVC 3. I just heard this verbally from one of the designers in an interview, that it will more target .NET 4. (although Microsoft sometimes skips numbers. Maybe it will be MVC . . . 2012!)
Patrick Karcher
2010-01-12 23:44:26
Ah OK, I was starting to think I was completely behind the curve. I've always been aware of MVC 2 and that they just went into RC. Since you mentioned the _next_ one, I thought it was right around the corner heh
Allen
2010-01-12 23:46:48
The current plan for ASP.NET MVC 3 is that it will required .NET 4, but nothing public is announced.
Eilon
2010-01-12 23:47:17
Here we go, from Phil Haack's website: " . . . ASP.NET MVC 3 will be compiled against ASP.NET 4 only (no support for ASP.NET 3.5 planned) . . ." Here's the page: http://goo.gl/a1Ya I've heard this several times from he and others, but this is **not official**. And yes, this is still a ways off, even with how relatively quickly MVC iterations are released
Patrick Karcher
2010-01-12 23:51:50
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Per Scott Guthrie, ASP.NET MVC 2 is designed to work with both VS 2008 / .NET 3.5, as well as with VS 2010 / .NET 4.
for the mvc 2 installation question
ASP.NET MVC 2 is a built-in component of VS 2010 / .NET 4 – which means you will not have to download or install anything to get it once you install any version of Visual Studio 2010. The current public VS 2010 Beta 2 release includes the ASP.NET MVC 2 Preview 2 release. The upcoming VS 2010 Release Candidate that will be available for download next month will have a more recent ASP.NET MVC 2 RC built-in.
JohnW
2010-01-12 23:40:32
To be slightly more correct: ASP.NET MVC 2 is included in VS2010, but it is *not* included in .NET 4. That is, if you have a clean Windows machine and install .NET 4, you will not have ASP.NET MVC 2. You can then go download ASP.NET MVC 2 and it'll work on both .NET 3.5/4 and VS2008/VS2010.
Eilon
2010-01-13 00:40:57
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System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7; Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista
.NET 3.5 SP1. Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or Visual Web Developer 2008 SP1 are required to use certain parts of this feature.
gerryLowry
2010-01-12 23:47:07