Are there any ASP.NET MVC Real Time View Editors?

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Are there any ASP.NET MVC Real Time View Editors?

I'm looking for a tool and I'm not even sure of the proper name. Please be patient with me as I explain.

I'm doing a lot of HTML/MVC 2 work. Using the standard MVC 2 view engine, I would like to have an editor that shows real time changes in the browser. If I re-arrange div elements containing standard HTML and some server side components, I would like the browser to update without a manual refresh.

Are there any tools that are currently available that would meet that requirement?

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If you use firefox, you can use ReloadEvery plugin and set up refresh every x seconds. This will simulate real time editing.

LukLed 2010-03-20 09:24:37

+1 I think @BenMaddox means (something) like in VS where you can have Design|Split|Source views and it's be great if VS did Design and Split views. If not then yeah ReloadEvery is the tool. Then again, does something like this exist for WebForms?

griegs 2010-03-20 10:44:50

I considered this option. It wasn't exactly what I had in mind, but it might be close enough.

BenMaddox 2010-03-22 00:51:56

Similar to what @LukLed suggested, XRefresh is a plug in that will refresh your browser screen automatically.

Instead of refreshing every X seconds, XRefresh will watch a directory tree/set of files and only refresh when one of them changes.

It's great in multi-monitor setups, and saves a few seconds when switching between windows in single monitor setups.

nikmd23 2010-03-20 15:34:18

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