Add support for SPA and MVC module development

[david-poindexter]

Essentially the only thing that changes in the DNN manifest for SPA and MVC modules in DNN 8 are the controlSrc tags. ASCX files are no longer the only options. See the following for reference:

SPA

• https://github.com/jbrinkman/DNN8Templates/blob/master/src/DnnSpaModule/DnnSpaModule.dnn

MVC

• https://github.com/jbrinkman/DNN8Templates/blob/master/src/DnnMvcModule/DnnMvcModule.dnn

[dazinator]

Ah I see what you have done there.
Thank you for this.

[david-poindexter]

You are very welcome. I am stoked about your solution here. Now we just need to get NuGet packages created for SPA and MVC scaffolding! ;-)

[david-poindexter]

Would you mind letting me know when this gets released? I noticed in my testing last night that these changes must not have been made just yet.

[dazinator]

• This has now been released - release notes are here: https://github.com/dazinator/DnnPackager/releases/

  Sorry it didn't go out straight away, have been working on the next major version ;)

Thanks again for the PR!

[dazinator]

• have also updated the blog post so that it shows the new manifest format.

[david-poindexter]

No rush at all - was just curious to know when it is released. Thanks man! I have been talking up your solution within the DNN Community and quite a few people have showed interest for this approach. Now we just need to see who can crank out a traditional, SPA and MVC package for the extra scaffolding.

[dazinator]

+10000 for spreading the word! ;)
Interestingly it looks like builds of DNN 8 are producing some additional NuGet packages - like an MVC one.. So perhaps some of the packages we need will be available soon for DNN8 atleast. If you get a moment you can see them here: (click login as guest): https://build.dnnsoftware.com/viewLog.html?buildId=326507&buildTypeId=bt929&tab=artifacts#!

[david-poindexter]

You are welcome. The MVC package you are seeing is simply a reference to DotNetNuke.Web.Mvc.dll (which would be needed for MVC development pattern. So, unfortunately these new packages are not what they may have originally seemed to be (necessary nonetheless though). ;-)