ASP.NET MVC3 in Visual Web Developer 2008 Express

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I've Visual Web Developer 2008 Express installed on my PC,

Does ASP.NET MVC3 works in visual web developer 2008 express?

How to create simple ASP.NET MVC3 site using simple text editor?

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-22 07:30:01Z

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No, it doesn't work. ASP.NET MVC 3 requires .NET 4.0 and VS 2008 doesn't support .NET 4.0. You could use Visual Studio 2010 Express.

answered Sep 22, 2011 at 7:30

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Nitin S Over a year ago

+1 Thanks for the info, I have .NET 4 installed, I just want to build a basic test site in mvc3, I've heard that we can edit the asp.net mvc code in simple text editor

Darin Dimitrov Over a year ago

@NitinJS, you cannot build an MVC3 site with VS2008. Yes, you can write an entire ASP.NET MVC 3 application using a text editor but that would be so much work that you shouldn't be doing it and instead you should download VS 2010. But if you want to be a masochist here's how to proceed: stackoverflow.com/questions/6783378/…

Kirk Broadhurst · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-23 06:19:29Z

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You can install Visual Studio 2010 Express alongside VS2008 - you do not need to uninstall VS2008, and it will not break your VS2008 configuration.

This will be your best option.

answered Sep 23, 2011 at 6:19

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