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I'm thinking of starting a web project to which I eventually will publish online. I want to take advantage of the latest technologies and am wondering if it's possible for me to begin development using VS 11 Beta for this project. If I do, can I upgrade to the RTM release without issues? I feel it will help me learn the new features of .Net 4.5 as well as MVC 4. I don't want to begin using this beta version though to realize that once the RTM release comes out none of it will work or run into issues...

Shane LeBlanc
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    I would say go for it. There is *some small risk* of breaking changes, but given the team's effort to keep 11 compatible with 2010, you should be fine. – Andrew Barber May 20 '12 at 23:08
  • It's a *beta*. The term itself says it: *use me, but don't make any assumptions about stability whatsoever*. – user703016 May 20 '12 at 23:14
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    Visual Studio 2012 RC will be out soon. I can tell you bundling has changed significantly from Beta to RC. There will be many changes between Beta and RTM. We hope to minimize the changes from RC to RTM. – RickAndMSFT May 21 '12 at 04:45

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No one can tell you whether what you do now will work 100% without issues when RTM comes out. But I doubt there are doing to be major breaking changes with MVC4 between now and release.

Craig
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  • Pretty logical, thanks. I guess I'll go for it then. – Shane LeBlanc May 20 '12 at 23:13
  • I would go for it. I will be starting to use VS11 in the next couple of weeks when current block of work is done. – Craig May 20 '12 at 23:36
  • I can say you better plan on changes from Beta to RTM. That wouldn't stop me from using the beta, just plan for some work for the next release. – RickAndMSFT May 21 '12 at 04:46
  • Nah I figured that much, was just hoping for a suggestion if others believed I should be generally "OK", based on other's past experiences as well as if anyone else might be doing the same thing. – Shane LeBlanc May 21 '12 at 04:48