MVC 3 Preview 1 just released a few days ago.
My designer isn’t too familiar with C#, so ASPX view pages are sort of overwhelming for him. Razor would really help him focus on the HTML.
Considering MVC3 seems to be an incremental compatible update, it feels like it’s good to go.
Usually it’s considered harmful to use preview products in production, but lately I’m seeing a fair amount of it, with F# being used in banks before V1 and stuff.
Has anyone tried MVC 3 yet? Is it sturdy enough to start a project on it?
I wouldn’t use any Preview release in a Production environment, it doesn’t go through the same level of testing as even a beta release does.
Is it safe (in production), not probably not, there are unknown bugs, more than would be present in a final/tested product. Is it safe to start developing a product on that probably won’t be out until after MVC 3 final is? Sure go nuts 🙂 But, expect a few API adjustments along the way.
It’s the same reason most larger shops wait until SP1 of a product before deploying, more time for bugs to be found/fixed. That being said, it’s totally up to you and how much risk/reward you’re willing to go for.
Personally I’d wait until at least a beta, but if you’re entering log-term development on a product, starting with a Preview may be more acceptable to you (I have to admit, more use of the Razor engine is a pretty good reason for that, again if it were me).