Program edit while application runs

[Guest]

In Visual Interdev, the source code can be edited (both clientside and server
side) while the application is running. And the changes will still be
reflected in the application without the need for restarting.

Is it possible in Visual .net development environment?

 

[MattC]

Code behind cannot be edited while running as this needs to be compiled to
an assembly DLL. Work done in the aspx page is compiled at runtime (if a
new version or not previously compiled version is found) so changes to the
HTML or inline code will be repflected on screen with a refresh.

MattC

 

[Guest]

In Visual Interdev, the source code can be edited (both clientside and server
side) while the application is running. And the changes will still be
reflected in the application without the need for restarting.

Is it possible in Visual .net development environment?

If you include the code directly in you ASPX file or you use the src
page directive to reference a code behind file, the ASP.NET framework
will automatically detect changes to these files and compile them. You
cannot edit the file in debug mode and then step into your new code
because the page has to be recompiled.
If you use precompiled assemblies, such as Visual Studio .NET does,
you'll have to compile all your code behind classes and deploy them to
the server to see the changes.

Visual Basic 6.0 had a feature called edit-and-continue which allowed
you to make a change in the code while debugging and step directly into
your new code. Visual Studio 2005 will have a support for
edit-and-continue in both VB.NET and C#.

Anders Norås
http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/anoras/