Spark view engine

Source Code

To build from "edge" code - both Castle Project MonoRail and Asp.Net Mvc view engine

svn co http://dev.dejardin.org/svn/spark/trunk/ Spark
cd Spark
build

Assuming you're using a particular build of castle you would copy those assemblies onto over the ones which are a part of the project at bin/castle.

You can browse the source online at http://dev.dejardin.org/trac/spark/browser/trunk/src

Current trunk notes

Releases

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Build output on 1-1-2009 Download zip - Download source

• Strongly typed Model property - synonymous with ViewData.Model
• #94 output syntax which automatically htmlencodes value
• #103 First line can't be a code #statement
• Switched to a source-control revision build scheme. Assemblies branded as version "1.0.svn.0"
• Included Spark VS integration msi in release.zip

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Build output on 12-16-2008 Download zip - Download source

• #88 Add a way for a view to select a non-default master
• #90 Configurable Null exception handling
• Added a theme sample to src/Sample/AspNetMvc/SkinsFolder

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Build output on 11-20-2008 Download zip - Download source

• added support for IronRuby in Asp.Net MVC

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Build output on 11-14-2008 Download zip

• #87 adding support for dynamic languages - ironpython for asp.net mvc.

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Build output on 11-09-2008 Download zip

• #79 Can use class keyword as attribute in expressions, like new {id='foo', class='bar'}
• #84 Avoiding first-chance exceptions from ViewComponentExtensionFactory
• #89 Helpers aren't populated when using Controller.RenderMailMessage

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Build output on 10-17-2008. Download zip • Download source

• Spooling text writer to reduce memory pressure and provide slight performance gain
• #81 ViewComponent RenderView support for once=""
• #85 Monorail Helper Extensions outputing nonsense
• Updated for Asp.Net MVC Beta binaries

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Build output on 10-09-2008. Download zip • Download source

• #76 null exception management
• #78 Allow < characters in template text
• #46 Unmatched quotes in a code comment will not parse as code
• #73 conditional attribute ?{} text limited to previous whitespace
• #74 Add an attribute to declare a "just once" flag
• #77 Apply the each="" if="" once=""attributes to special elements

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Build output on 9-27-2008. Download zip • Download source

• #68 Monorail Layouts in custom locations
• #69 VirtualPathProviderViewFolder doesn't pick up changes
• #61 Viewfolder config with precompilation support
• #72 precompiled views don't add helpers
• #70 Provide an attribute to fill the SparkBatchDescriptor
• #56 Need some way of providing variable default value

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Build output on 9-16-2008. Download zip • Download source

• #50 Multiple View Folders
• #60 ViewComponent with Partials in Section throws exception on render
• #14 Need better Helper integration
• #54 Unable to use viewcomponent without ViewComponentDetails attribute
• #63 Render same view/template from javascript
• #65 Nested View Components don't render correctly

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Build output on 9-11-2008. Download zip • Download source

• #53 Using namespaces for spark statements
• Configuration section to remap the location of selected ~/ style resources
• #57: Import and include directives

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Build output on 9-07-2008. Download zip • Download source

• #51 Parse Error when generating xml files (XMLDecl and Processing Instruction)
• #52 Loop autovariables not generated if used inline (maybe?)
• #45 Add support for partial files to render named sections
• Additional samples
• #37: Alternate <viewdata> syntax

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Build output on 9-04-2008. Download zip • Download source

• Wrapping HttpContextBase/HttpResponseBase to capture Html.RenderPartial output
• Refactoring to make MvcContrib dependency optional. Introduced Spark.Web.Mvc library
• #47 View precompilation fails in ASP.NET MVC if there are another file in view dir
• #48 Alter parser to retain positional information with results
• Initial support for spark file breakpoints and single-step debugging

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Build output on 9-02-2008. Download zip • Download source

• #44 Create shorter syntax for elements with name-like attributes
• #42 More loop autovariables. thingIndex, thingCount, thingIsFirst, thingIsLast.
• #34 Html attributes that are added conditionally
• #27 Only process ViewComponent named sections
• Updated to Asp.Net Mvc Preview 5

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Build output on 8-29-2008. Download zip • Download source

• #33 Compiling Views all at once
• #43 Create a sample for medium-trust deployment
• MonoRail samples added
• #39 Instantiate generated clases with IoC container
• #41 global properties with readonly or const don't compile

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Build output on 8-25-2008. Download zip • Download source

• Changed config schema. Added a page base class property.
• #40 ViewComponent Sections are not correctly parsed

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Build output on 8-10-2008. Download zip • Download source

• #26 Lines with only spark markup should be left out of the output
• #38 Capture content directly to variables
• #36 Inner text on partial views
• #2 Change <use file=""> to <render partial="">

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Build output on 8-5-2008. Download zip

• #20 Release web site should generate release assemblies
• #28 Create configuration/settings classes
• #31 JQuery id selector breaks view engine code generator
• #35 Any dollar sign in an attribute breaks the parser

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Build output on 8-2-2008. Download zip

• #18 Support RenderView from ViewComponent
• #30 <content> captured in RenderView passes back into calling view context
• #24 Application relative urls, which start with ~/, can be used in html attributes that are of type URI.
• #23 <use namespace="" assembly=""/> and <use assembly=""/> support
• #19 renaming <var> to <def> both are supported at the moment
• #29 allow declaring the same viewdata in multiple partials

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Build output on 7-26-2008. Download zip

• #22 support verbatim strings (@"..." and @'...')
• #17 add H() function for Html.Encode() for asp.net mvc views (was already available in mr)
• Added an InMemoryViewFolder (based on Dictionary)

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Build output on 7-25-2008. Download zip

• Support nested layout array in monorail.
• Find layout templates in Layouts subfolder before Shared subfolder
• Refactor CreateInstance to use descriptor instead of strings
• Introduced ISparkSyntaxProvider interface and an initial CSharpSyntaxProvider for //: inline code
• Fixed Change parser to allow "%>" in <% {statement} %> blocks

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Build output on 7-19-2008. Download zip

• Updated to use current MvcContrib and Asp.Net MVC Preview 4
• Significant enhancement to the test/if/else element syntax
• A breaking change is the removal of the $expression; syntax in favor of ${expression} to avoid jquery/prototype collisions
• Enhancements in the handling of embedded csharp. Can use single or double quoted strings interchangably.
• Runtime exceptions in compiled view now display source code and call stack at the point of exception. Debugger can now step through generated view as source as if it was a normal class file.

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Build output on 7-14-2008. Download zip

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Source Code

For "edge" code - both Castle Project MonoRail and Asp.Net Mvc view engine

svn co http://dev.dejardin.org/svn/spark/trunk/ Spark
cd Spark
build

Castle Project contribs

The spark view engine is also committed in the contribs repos of castle project. It won't be as current as the trunk here, but should always be in a usable state.

For Castle Project MonoRail view engine in contrib trunk

svn co http://svn.castleproject.org:8080/svn/castlecontrib/viewengines/spark/trunk Spark
cd Spark
build