Greetings,
I would like to use EF4 but I only have Visual studio 2010 Pro. As far as I can see, all projects types and items related to EF4 are available in Ultimate version. Is there any way I can use EF4 in Visual Studio 2010 Pro?
I am using the Entity framework with MVC2 in VS 2010 Pro right now.
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What version of Visual Studio do I need to create ASP NET MVC5 project?
2013? update x? 2015 CPT?
Visual Studio 2013 or Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web
In Visual Studio 2012 you can run ASP.NET MVC5, but installing something before. Check this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20102311/7720
I have a wonderful solution in Visual Studio 2012 with a Web project using WebAPI and a supporting Web Service project for data using Entity Framework (EF) Code First. I was just told I need to see about using Visual Studio 2010.
Is there something I can do to work on this project in Visual Studio 2010?
As Henrick answers: you do not upgrade/downgrade VS installs, rather you install versions side by side.
You note two technologies that might be problematic:
EF Code First: this is supported from 4.1 (or was it 4.2?) which is supported against .NET 4.0 and VS2010. Providing your not using enum or geo/spatial data types (which require .NET 4.5) this should work, but you'll need to ensure you update to the EF5 NuGet package for .NET 4.
WebAPI: This is new in MVC4, which comes with VS2012, but is a separate install for .NET 4/VS2010.
Finally. While some project types with round trip between VS2012 and VS2010 SP1 (you need the service pack) it is not true for all project types. Details are on MSDN.
You can install Visual Studio 2010 separately and open the project and see. There is no danger in having version 2005, 2008, 2010 or 2012 of Visual Studio installed.
I was reading a blog post the other day about code-first fluent mappings feature in entity framework ctp4. Just wonder what version of EF comes with Visual Studio 2010?
Entity Framework 4.0 has been shipped with .Net Framework 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010 and it does NOT contains the Code First development and Fluent API, to get those, you can download and install EF CTP4 from here.
Is there any way to use XNA 3.1 with Visual C# Express 2010?
No. You can potentially reference and use some assemblies, but to get the full experience including the content pipeline, you'll need XNA Game Studio. The current release only supports Visual Studio 2008.
However, you can use XNA Game Studio 4 CTP with Visual C# 2010 Express. It is available here (as part of the Windows Phone toolset).
Is there a way to change .NET framework version of Visual Studio 2005 to 3.5?
No. Visual Studio 2005 only supports .NET 2.0 out-of-the-box. It can be updated to support .NET 3.0.
It is possible to compile .NET 3.5 code with a Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition, or without Visual Studio 2008 using Mono and I think the Windows/.NET SDK. However these will obviously not be integrated into Visual Studio 2005.
Visual Studio 2005 only supports .NET 2.0. The format of the solution file (.sln) changed in Visual Studio 2008 to allow you to select the target .NET version.
VS2008/2010 have a visual way of setting the project setting "TargetFrameworkVersion" which makes it easier, however I have found that adding the same tag to a VS2005 project will change the target framework. You might try adding 1(one) of the following into the section of your VS C# project.
<TargetFrameworkVersion>v3.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
<TargetFrameworkVersion>v3.5</TargetFrameworkVersion>
<TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>