Asp.net MVC addons

We have asp.net mvc application in which we have avoided using addons but now i would like to see which can really add value and use them, please suggest which addons are win开发者_开发百科ning the race in each area

IOC/DI

• ninject
• structuredmap

View Engine

• Spark

T4MVC

Above are some that i tried little bit as we have some requirements which can be made easy with this.

Please suggest any addons which has made your life easier in mvc.

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Microsoft has an IOC/DI library called Unity.

For dead simple error logging and error log browsing, I like Elmah

You've got to have an ORM for database applications, such as Linq to Sql or NHibernate

Quartz.NET is an "Enterprise Job Scheduler"

The Castle Project has a bunch of libraries and a complete framework that are worth checking out.

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for me - T4MVC (or more specifiacally, T4 templates used against mvc v2). especially when used with subsonic. i've 'heavily' invested in customizing a whole raft of these with subsonic that literally 'builds' 90% of my plumbing and base functionality code. the fact that everything is standardised (and the fact that i can also build the tests in tandem) makes this one feature my - 'can't live without' - addon for mvc.

your mileage may vary...

jim

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I'm building a site now with MVC2, Ninject, NHibernate w/ FluentNHibernate (using Automapping), Spark and jQuery and it's probably the best/most fun experience I've had writing a web application.

But I think it will end up being your personal preference. Some people like SubSonic, some like NHibernate. I don't think you can go wrong.