Setting up Calipso
This will be an step by step guide to get Calipso working in two scenarios:
- Empty ASP.NET Web Forms project.
- Existing ASP.NET Web Forms project.
Requirements:
- Visual Studio 2010 or greater.
- NuGet 2.0 or greater package manager extension.
- .NET Framework 4.0 or greater.
- Visual C#. It should work on Visual Basic .NET but this case has not been tested yet.
Case 1: Empty ASP.NET Web Forms project
Calipso works on top of regular Web Forms project. Please follow these steps to install Calipso into an empty Web Forms project:
- Open Visual Studio and create a new ASP.NET Web Forms application (IMPORTANT: Calipso will not work with Web sites!).
- Right-click on newly created project in Visual Studio's solution explorer and choose NuGet package manager option.
- Search for ASP.NET-Calipso package in the official NuGet Gallery online source.
- Install ASP.NET-Calipso package.
Case 2: Existing ASP.NET Web Forms project
Calipso works on top of regular Web Forms project. Please follow these steps to install Calipso into an existing Web Forms project:
- Open Visual Studio and open an existing ASP.NET Web Forms application (IMPORTANT: Calipso will not work with Web sites!).
- Right-click on Web Forms project in Visual Studio's solution explorer and choose NuGet package manager option.
- Search for ASP.NET-Calipso package in the official NuGet Gallery online source.
- Install ASP.NET-Calipso package.