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Reputation: 8379

Can use F# with web developer express edition

If i have installed Web developer express in my system and later if i have installed F# SDK in my system, Will i be able to use F# in my web application.
If yes please could you suggest the process to do it.
Thanks

Upvotes: 3

Views: 188

Answers (2)

t0yv0
t0yv0

Reputation: 4724

Last time I tried, if you try writing F# code to run inside IIS, say an HTTP module, the free tools would refuse to open both the F# project and the C# web project in a single solution. You could still get around it by keeping two studio windows open and copying F# DLLs in custom MSBuild logic on every build to the BIN folder of the web project.

Upvotes: 1

Tomas Petricek
Tomas Petricek

Reputation: 243051

I haven't tried it myself, but I think you can't install additional plugins (like the standalone F# integration) to the Express editions of Visual Studio.

However, you can install (free) Visual Studio Shell and install the F# plugin there (see TryF# web site for detailed information). This can be installed in parallel with Visual Studio Web Express, so at least, you'll be able to create F# project (class library) in one Visual Studio and reference it from a web project in another Visual Studio.

This is a bit cumbersome, but it may be enough to start playing with F# for web development.

(Aside, Microsoft has various programs that make it possible to get developer tools quite cheaply. Students can use DreamSpark and new companies can use a program called BizSpark)

Upvotes: 3

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