Turning off the WebFormViewEngine when using razor?

Question

I downloaded Glimpse this morning to try it out and noticed this when I click on the views tab:

It checks all of the loaded view engines. I found where the RazorViewEngine is specified in web.config, but I couldn't find where the WebFormViewEngine was. Since I know my project will never have an web form view in it,

1. Is it ok/safe to turn off WebFormViewEngine?
2. How can I turn off WebFormViewEngine?

Answer 1

It is perfectly OK to remove the web forms view engine if you are not using it. You can do it like:

public class Global : HttpApplication {     public void Application_Start()     {         // Clears all previously registered view engines.         ViewEngines.Engines.Clear();          // Registers our Razor C# specific view engine.         // This can also be registered using dependency injection through the new IDependencyResolver interface.         ViewEngines.Engines.Add(new RazorViewEngine());     } } 

The above method calls go in your global.asax file.

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