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Make jQuery UI and Bootstrap 2 work together in MVC template
In the VS2013 preview MVC5 template, we included Bootstrap and jQuery UI together in the same project. However, some themes of jQuery UI (1.8.24 in the project template) is conflicting with Bootstrap...
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Use SignalR Sample Nuget package in VS2013 Preview MVC 5 Project
We received feedback that the current 1.2 version SignalR sample Nuget package doesn’t work in an MVC 5 project by default. Here are the repro steps and the necessary change to make it work.1. Create a...
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Install MVC4 HotTowel SPA NuGetNuGet package in One ASP.NET Web API Project...
I was trying to install MVC4 HotTowel SPA package (MVC4 and Razor v2) on a VS2013 Preview One ASP.NET Web API Project (MVC5 and Razor V3). I blindly let the NuGetNuGet package overwrite all my files...
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Accessing the ASP.NET Web Configuration Tool in Visual Studio 2013
As many of you have noticed, the option to select “ASP.Net Web Configuration Manager” is no longer in Visual Studio 2013 Preview. This is due to the removal of the Visual Studio Development Server (or...
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Web Publishing a simpler way to exclude files/folders from being published
I’ve written a fewblog posts on how to exclude files from publishing/packaging. In each of these posts you’d have to be familiar with MSBuild and the Web Publish process. I’ve been looking for a much...
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Update: Knockout IntelliSense Highlight Bug Fix
In an earlier blog post on June 24th entitled Knockout IntelliSense Highlighting Bug Fix I described a bug fix in the Knockout IntelliSense feature. In that post I recommended installing Windows Azure...
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NuGet 2.7 Released
The NuGet team is excited to announce NuGet 2.7 release, for details please see the release notes published on docs.nuget.org.NuGet 2.7 FeaturesPackage Restore by Default (with implicit...
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Introducing NuGet Concierge
Twelve weeks ago, the Azure Applications Platform & Tools team welcomed us, three college sophomores, Jaspreet Bagga, Jeremiah Jekich, and Melissa McNeill, to Microsoft.As Explorer Interns, we were...
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NuGet 2.7 Package Restore Tips
Since the release of NuGet 2.7 with Automatic Package Restore and implicit consent, many developers have adopted the new approach and provided some great feedback on their experiences. Based on that...
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Debug ScriptBundle results in 404 if virtualPath parameter contains a dot
I spent some time debuging a ScriptBundle problem last Friday and want to share my experience.The original code in a MVC project App_Start/BundleConfig.cs file:Code...
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Announcing release of ASP.NET and Web Tools for Visual Studio 2013 RC
Announcing release of ASP.NET and Web Tools for Visual Studio 2013 RCI’m excited to show the new features of the ASP.NET and Web Tools for Visual Studio 2013 RC. Click here to download and install the...
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What is new in Browser Link with Visual Studio 2013 RC?
Over the last few months, the Browser Link team has worked on delivering these new features in the Visual Studio 2013 RC release:Browser Link DashboardAPIs for extension authoringFor those who are not...
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Creating New Windows Azure Web Site from Visual Studio 2013 RC
We are now making it easier to create a new Windows Azure Web Site from Visual Studio 2013 RC. This feature can be accessed from the Web Sites sub node under the Windows Azure node in Server Explorer....
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Visual Studio 2013 Custom Web Servers and OwinHost.exe
When running Web applications from within Visual Studio, there have generally been two primary hosts available while developing: a local “development” Web server, or a full version of Internet...
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Scaffolding asynchronous MVC and Web API controllers for Entity Framework 6
BriefEntity Framework 6 introduces support for the .NET 4.5 asynchronous programming pattern using the async and await keywords. And in Visual Studio 2013 RC we’re making it easier for you to take...
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Understanding Security Features in the SPA Template for VS2013 RC
The blog is based on Visual Studio 2013 RC release.We have completely rewritten the SPA template from the previous version( MVC 4). Here are some of the changes we made:The authentication story has...
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OWIN Startup Class Detection
OWIN Startup class is the entry point for any OWIN based application. When you use VS 2013 to create web projects, a Startup class is created for you by VS. Check out how Katana runtime does the OWIN...
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Organizational Accounts in Visual Studio 2013 RC
Visual Studio 2013 Preview shipped with support to create new ASP.NET projects that can be easily configured with organizational accounts. This support has been simplified and enhanced in this RC...
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Web Publish how to automate multi-project publish with file system
The other day I received an email from a customer with a question which I’ve summarized as below.I have a solution containing multiple web projects. One of the projects, _RootSite, is the top level...
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Attribute Routing changes for ASP.NET Web Stack shipped in VS2013 RC
For the VS2013 Preview release, we published two articles about Attribute Routing for Web API 2:· http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/web-api-routing-and-actions/attribute-routing-in-web-api-2·...
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