{"id":704,"date":"2014-02-25T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/webdev\/2014\/02\/25\/announcing-new-web-features-in-visual-studio-2013-update-2-ctp2\/"},"modified":"2022-08-09T02:39:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T09:39:22","slug":"announcing-new-web-features-in-visual-studio-2013-update-2-ctp2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/announcing-new-web-features-in-visual-studio-2013-update-2-ctp2\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing new Web Features in Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 CTP2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update 4\/21\/2014: please see http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/webdev\/archive\/2014\/04\/02\/announcing-new-web-features-in-visual-studio-2013-update-2-rc.aspx<\/a> for Update 2 RC web features.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today, the Visual Studio team announced the release of CTP2 of Visual Studio 2013 Update 2<\/a> .  Our team added a few useful features and did some bug fixing in this update to improve the web development experience.  We will have future blogs to talk about some of the features in detail.  The release note<\/a> contains more details.<\/p>\n

New SASS project item and editor<\/h2>\n

We added LESS in VS2013 RTM, and we now have a SASS<\/a> project item and editor.  SASS editor features are comparable to LESS editor, include colorization, variable and Mixins IntelliSense, comment\/uncomment, quick info, formatting, syntax validation, outlining, goto definition, color picker, tools option setting etc.<\/p>\n

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New JSON project item and editor<\/h2>\n

We have added a JSON project item and editor to Visual Studio.  Current JSON editor features include colorization, syntax validation, brace completion, outlining, tools option setting and more.<\/p>\n

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Create remote Azure resources option when creating a new Web project<\/h2>\n

We added a Windows Azure “Create remote resources” checkbox on the new web application dialog.  By choosing it, you will be able to integrate the experience of creating a new web application, setting up the Windows Azure publishing site for testing, and creating publishing profile in a few simple steps.<\/p>\n

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We also supports remote debugging for WAWS and remote view of Azure website content files in the server explorer.<\/p>\n

ASP.NET Scaffolding<\/h2>\n

If your model is using Enums, then the MVC Scaffolder will generate dropdown for Enum. This uses the Enum helpers in MVC.<\/p>\n

Updated the EditorFor templates in MVC Scaffolding so they use the Bootstrap classes.<\/p>\n

MVC and Web API Scaffolders will add 5.1 packages for MVC and Web API<\/p>\n

One ASP.NET Template changes<\/h2>\n

We updated ASP.NET templates to support Account Confirmation and Password Reset.<\/p>\n

We updated ASP.NET Web API template to support authentication using On Premises Organizational Accounts.<\/p>\n

ASP.NET SPA template now shows a template where the authentication is based on MVC and server side views. The template has a WebAPI controller which can only be accessed by authenticated users.<\/p>\n

LESS editor improvements<\/h2>\n

We added features including nested media queries, named parameter support, support for selector interpolation, support for semicolons as parameter separators, goto definition for @import, goto definition of variables and mixins.<\/p>\n

Knockout IntelliSense upgrade<\/h2>\n

We added a non-standard KnockOut syntax for VS intelliSense, “ko-vs-editor viewModel:” syntax.  It can be used to bind to multiple view models on a page using comments in the form:<\/p>\n

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  3. <!– \/ko-vs-editor ><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    We also added support for nested ViewModel IntelliSense, so you may drill into deeply nested objects on the ViewModel.<\/p>\n

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    The IntelilSense displayed is the full IntelliSense of the JavaScript Object.<\/p>\n

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    New URL Picker in HTML, Razor, CSS, LESS and SASS pages<\/h2>\n

    VS 2013 shipped with no URL picker outside of WebForm pages.  The new URL picker for HTML, Razor, CSS, LESS and SASS editors is a dialog-free, fluent typing picker that understands ‘..’ and filters file lists appropriately for img’s and links.<\/p>\n

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    Browser Link New Features<\/h2>\n

    BrowserLink now supports HTTPS connections and will list that in Dashboard with other connections as long as the certificate is trusted by browser.<\/p>\n

    ASP.NET Web Forms<\/h2>\n

    The Web Forms templates now show how to do Account Confirmation and Password Reset for ASP.NET Identity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Entity Framework Data Source and Dynamic Data Provider for Entity Framework 6. For more details please see http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/webdev\/archive\/2014\/01\/30\/announcing-preview-of-dynamic-data-provider-and-entitydatasource-control-for-entity-framework-6.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

    ASP.NET MVC 5.1.1, ASP.NET Web API 2.1.1 and ASP.NET Web Pages 3.1.1 are included<\/h2>\n

    We announced ASP.NET MVC 5.1, ASP.NET Web API 2.1 and ASP.NET Web Pages 3.1<\/a> in January.  We integrated that release with some minor bug fixes<\/a> into VS 2013 Update 2 CTP2.<\/p>\n

    ASP.NET Identity<\/h2>\n

    We integrated Microsoft.AspNet.Identity 2.0-alpha1<\/a> into the new project templates.  You can upgrade it to Microsoft.AspNet.Identity 2.0-beta1<\/a> to use two factor authentication and more features.<\/p>\n

    Entity Framework<\/h2>\n

    We integrated Entity Framework 6.1.0-alpha1<\/a> into the new project template.  You can upgrade it to Entity Framework 6.1.0-beta1<\/a> to use the newest beta1 features.<\/p>\n

    Microsoft OWIN Components<\/h2>\n

    We integrated stable version Microsoft OWIN Components (2.0.2) into the new project templates.  You can upgrade it to 2.1.0.  Please look at the release notes for the latest stable version (2.1.0)<\/a> for more detailed information, which includes support for Google OAuth2 authentication and static file server.<\/p>\n

    NuGet<\/h2>\n

    NuGet 2.8 RTM is included in this release.  You can always get the latest NuGet extension for Visual Studio through the menu “Tools->Extensions and Updates…”.<\/p>\n

    ASP.NET SignalR<\/h2>\n

    We included 2.0.2 NuGet package for SignalR .  Please look at the release notes for more detailed information https:\/\/github.com\/SignalR\/SignalR\/releases\/tag\/2.0.2<\/a><\/p>\n

    Known Problems<\/h2>\n

    Web Essential 2013 is not<\/strong><\/em> yet compatible with the Update 2 CTP2. If you install Update 2 CTP2, after opening Visual Studio, you’ll get an error message “EditorExtensionsPackage” couldn’t be loaded.   Please visit this web essential blog post<\/a> on how to get the compatible build for VS2013 Update 2 CTP2.<\/p>\n

    When creating an App for SharePoint with an ASP.NET MVC web application, users will receive the following message:<\/p>\n

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    o Error: this template attempted to load component assembly ‘Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.Project, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a’. For more information on this problem and how to enable this template, please see documentation on Customizing Project Templates<\/em><\/p>\n

    o The workaround to create a new provider-hosted or autohosted app for SharePoint using an MVC web application is to follow the steps:<\/p>\n