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     ​​ASP.NET MVC 3 Application Upgrader​​    

            application,            431K, uploaded             Apr 11, 2011             -            37377 downloads             



Release Notes



This standalone application upgrades ASP.NET MVC 2 applications to ASP.NET MVC 3. It works for both ASP.NET MVC 3 RC 2 and RTM. The tool only supports Visual Studio 2010 solutions and MVC 2 projects targeting .NET 4.

It will not work with VS 2008 solutions, MVC 1 projects, or projects targeting .NET 3.5. Those projects will first have to be upgraded using Visual Studio 2010 and/or retargeted for .NET 4. The tool will:

  • Create a backup of your entire solution
  • Update all Web Applications and Test projects to reference System.Web.Mvc v3.0
  • Add references to System.Web.Helpers.dll and System.Web.WebPages.dll (new libraries required by MVC 3)
  • Upgrade web.config files to reference System.Web.Mvc v3.0 and add configuration and settings to support the new Razor view engine
  • Add or upgrade JavaScript files that ship with ASP.NET MVC 3 (jQuery 1.4.4, jQuery UI 1.8.7 jQuery Validation 1.7, Microsoft AJAX)
  • Add stylesheets and image assets to support jQuery UI

More information is available on ​​Marcin's blog​​.

This tool is an updated version of what was previously ​​released via Eilon's blog​​.

Update on 4/11/2011: Added option to skip performing a backup