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  1. Would love a SQL Server Cache Client

    We're an all MSFT shop, not much opportunity to use Memcache or Redis. A SQL Server Cache Client would be very useful.

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  2. Allow OrmLite to store complex blobs as JSON

    Change how OrmLite stores complex type properties so they can be stored in formats other than JSV like JSON.

    56 votes
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  3. Portable Class Library for Xamarin Clients - Xamarin Component Store

    Xamarin support IOS/Android/Windows Store/Windows Phone. A universal Service Stack client written using PCL would simplify code reuse. The code could be packaged up into a Xamarin Component Store download if necessary. Or be used in conjunction with MvvmCross for use in MVVM style coding and/or unit testing.

    35 votes
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  4. Add ETag / If-None-Match support to enable client-side caching

    This would be very nice to have, in both the ServiceStack client AND server. The server part would be preferred, obviously :)

    108 votes
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    1 comment  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    completed  ·  AdminDemis J Bellot (Developer, ServiceStack) responded

    ServiceStack’s HTTP Caching story has been greatly improved in v4.0.56 which transparently improves the behavior of existing ToOptimized Cached Responses, provides a typed API to to opt-in to HTTP Client features, introduces a simpler declarative API for enabling both Server and Client Caching of Services and also includes Cache-aware clients that are able to improve the performance and robustness of all existing .NET Service Clients – functionality that’s especially valuable to bandwidth-constrained Xamarin.iOS / Xamarin.Android clients offering improved performance and greater resilience.

    For more details please refer to the v4.0.56 Release Notes: https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/blob/master/docs/2016/v4.0.56.md#http-caching

  5. Enhance OrmLite with common data usage patterns

    Add better support for Joins and fetching related records.

    100 votes
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    9 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    completed  ·  AdminDemis J Bellot (Developer, ServiceStack) responded

    Support for AutoQuery has been added in v4.0.23 which enables instant querying support on RDBMS tables behind clean self-describing APIs, full docs for AutoQuery is available at:
    https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/wiki/Auto-Query

    Support for joins have been added to typed SqlExpressions in v4.0.22:
    https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/blob/master/release-notes.md#typed-sql-expressions-now-support-joins

    Going to mark off this broad feature as completed as we’ve just completed what we set out to do for this. Please open up new feature requests for more specific features.

    Thanks!

  6. Add more MQ options

    Add more MQ Adapters, e.g: Rabbit MQ, Amazon SQS, Azure Service Bus, ZeroMQ/nanomsg.

    70 votes
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  7. Add a CI step that tags the release number into the repo, so we can track what changes between releases

    https://plus.google.com/u/0/103098793536210174759/posts/FdZJrFiAWi2

    26 votes
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  8. Research optimal deployment strategies for hosting on Mono/Linux

    Research optimal deployment strategies for hosting ServiceStack on Linux (e.g. nginx FastCGI/ nginx + reverse proxy / self-hosting inside linux daemon) with the best performance, that best supports CI deployment with no downtime, auto restart/recovery when Mono process dies.

    105 votes
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    2 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    completed  ·  AdminDemis J Bellot (Developer, ServiceStack) responded

    We’ve published our recommended Setup for hosting ASP .NET sites on Linux and Mono is to use nginx/HyperFastCgi. We’ve published a step-by-step guide going through creating an Ubuntu VM from scratch complete with deploy / install / conf / init scripts at [mono-server-config]1.

    As well as a guide for hosting ServiceStack with Mono on Docker at: https://github.com/ServiceStackApps/mono-docker-config

    Although hosting on Mono is only a Stop Gap as the future and supported option for running .NET on Linux is CoreCLR which will be a priority for us to look at supporting as soon as it’s released. You can vote for the feature request to keep updated on progress: https://servicestack.uservoice.com/forums/176786-feature-requests/suggestions/10286952-support-dnx

  9. ServiceStack.Text as Portable Class Library

    74 votes
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  10. Server-side Async support

    Change ServiceStack to be based on IHttpAsyncHandler so services have the option to be non-blocking by returning a Task<T>.

    75 votes
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  11. Improve support for Xamarin iOS/Android clients

    Provide better support and testing around Android/iOS builds. iOS's AOT restrictions would likely require code-gen to minimize NoJIT errors.

    62 votes
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  12. Add first-class support for Amazon

    Add first-class integration for hosting on Amazon cloud services (like MS does with Azure), e.g. adapters for Amazon cloud services, docs on automated deployment/hosting strategies.

    40 votes
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  13. Add ServiceStack + AngularJS/Yeoman/GruntJS example

    Add a starter template showing how to get started with a Single Page App with AngularJS + Yeoman + GruntJS working together.

    38 votes
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  14. Add optional Strong-named NuGet packages

    Add optional Strong-named Server and Client NuGet packages so they can be added in the GAC and used inside Enterprise products requiring signed dlls.

    12 votes
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    completed  ·  4 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

  15. Extend the api to allow Reverse Routing

    An option would be to open the access to Routes.
    This would allow to separate the concerns of application workflow in services (describing next operations if required) from route resolution (which could be done in a filter or in the appconfig).

    13 votes
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  16. Refactor NuGet packages

    Change NuGet packages so they map 1:1 with ServiceStack projects. So 'Install-Package ServiceStack' doesn't bring in OrmLite and Redis automatically, and we can 'Install-Package ServiceStack.Interfaces' to bring in the minimum dependencies DTO's need.

    20 votes
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    completed  ·  AdminDemis J Bellot (Developer, ServiceStack) responded

    The NuGet packages have been refactored in v4 which has the following deps:

    ServiceStack.Common
    – ServiceStack.Text
    – ServiceStack.Interfaces

    ServiceStack.Client
    – ServiceStack.Text
    – ServiceStack.Interfaces

    ServiceStack
    – ServiceStack.Common
    – ServiceStack.Client

    ServiceStack.Server
    – ServiceStack
    – ServiceStack.Redis
    – ServiceStack.OrmLite

  17. Add more Razor @helper functions support

    Support to use @helper not only to call functions in an external assembly (which I think is already supported by SS), but also to call helper functions inside very the same .cshtml template like describied in this link:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6531983/how-to-create-a-function-in-a-cshtml-template

    5 votes
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  18. Refactor to use HttpRequestBase and HttpResponseBase

    Much of the existing code implements IHttpRequest and IHttpResponse interfaces and writes complete code for implementing these. That was necessary before the redesign in 4.5 implemented mockable versions of the non-inheritable old HttpResponse classes.

    I think it can reduce the amount of code in SS and enable use to not need to use global items like HttpContext.Current.Request which results in - non-testable controllers.

    The change to help the above situation I implemented grew out of scope, but thought it worthwhile to explore for a later version.

    https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/servicestack/httpcontextbase/servicestack/fpr-QlOH-dY/PFtbLXaW-IQJ

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  19. Profile major aspects to ensure speed

    One of the most enticing aspects about ServiceStack is that it is incredibly fast. I suggest that all major aspects of SS (web services, text, ormlite) get thoroughly tested in the upcoming versions just to make sure the code base is as fast as it could be.

    3 votes
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  20. AFNetworking and OkHttp

    Potential speed increase for the Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android ServiceStack clients? See here: https://github.com/paulcbetts/ModernHttpClient

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