So far i’ve only been using webforms. But me and my friend would like to try out the MVC architecture. Some questions:
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Is there any downside with the free version of visual studio VS professional? I can get the professional version from work but is it worth the effort?
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I would like to use Entity Framework and the latest version of MVC + the razor view engine. Does this need to be downloaded separatly?
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As far as versioning is concerned; is tortoise SVN suitable for a small project on 2 persons?
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
SVN is ok as a repository in my experience. If you are using Visual Studio there is a decent plugin so you can use it from within the IDE, rather than from within Windows. If I am using SVN, it is what I use! More details here.
MVC3 can be downloaded here
Entity Framework can be installed via Nuget (PM> Install-Package EntityFramework ) or a quick google will show the download locations (I think there is version 4.3 and a CTP of version 5)