UPDATE: Turns out it was just Gallio (v3.0.5 build 546 - x86). I also tried uninstalling TestDriven.NET and the problem persisted.

This weekend I spent some time working with the release candidate of ASP.NET MVC to familiarize myself with the new features, only to find Visual Studio crashing every time I opened a View. It was pretty frustrating, especially since this was the almost ready for prime time version, and I had been working without any problems for a while using earlier versions. Obviously I started searching the interweb for an answer.

Zero point two seconds later Google found me an answer on StackOverflow. Turns out I'm not the only one who has experienced this strange behavior. When I say strange behavior, I mean “.NET Runtime version 2.0.50727.3053 - Fatal Execution Engine Error (70DC5E00) (80131506)” strange. I had started by removing the Spark View Engine add-in I have for working with Spark and MVC (which is awesome). That didn’t fix it though. A Christian Dalagar pointed out that he experienced the same problem and it appeared to be a conflict between Gallio and TestDriven.NET. Hmmm…That’s funny. I happen to have both of those installed as well!

This was the hard decision…well not really. I can’t live without my TestDriven.NET. Sorry Gallio. Maybe we’ll meet again in another life. Don’t get me wrong I like Gallio, and MBUnit is kind of growing on me, but TestDriven.NET is the best way to run tests in Visual Studio.

PROBLEM: Opening ASP.NET MVC RC Views Crashes Visual Studio when both TestDriven.NET and Gallio are installed.

SOLUTION: Un-install Gallio.

Developers! DBAs! Designers! This Friday I'm driving over to Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, MI to participate in the Ann Arbor Give Camp. What is a "Give Camp" you ask.

A Give Camp is a weekend-long event where software developers, designers, and database administrators donate their time to create custom software for non-profit organizations.

The weekend of true RAD is finally upon us. I'm also curious to see who I'm paired up with, and what technologies/methodologies we'll end up using. The weekend starts around 5pm and winds down Sunday at 3pm. It's basically a weekend of camping/lan party/volunteering/open spaces/not sleeping all rolled into one event. Oh Joy!

So if you have some time to spare, why not spend it creating cool apps, with cool people, for cool organizations. (Did I mention the free food and XBox's for downtime?)

Don't forget to register!