Getting ever so closer to the final release, Release Candidate 2 (RC2) of ASP.NET MVC is up for downloading. This new release candidate is all about the Installer and not so much about tooling or the runtime — good news for those who have already invested serious learning time.
What's New with RC2?
A few changes have been made from RC1 which was released at the beginning of February. Microsoft wanted to ensure that the Installer was "rock solid" before they announced the RTM version:
- .NET Framework v3.5 SP1: There are two assemblies (System.Web.Routing and System.Web.Abstraction) that are a part of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 used with the MVC installer. So instead of packaging up these assemblies with the MVC download, you are required to install the latest version of the framework.
- .NET Framework 3.5 Without SP1: You can still bin deploy to a host that doesn't have SP1 of the framework installed. You just have to deploy the two assemblies mentioned above separately along with the MVC assembly. Here's the instructions to do it.
- Server Only Install: You will be able to install MVC on a server that does not have Visual Studio installed. This wasn't the case with RC1, which was a bit of pain when dealing with hosting providers and production servers.
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