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dotnet-legacy-aspnet
Maintain classic ASP.NET applications on .NET Framework, including Web Forms, older MVC, and legacy hosting patterns, while planning realistic modernization boundaries.
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SKILL.md
Legacy ASP.NET
Trigger On
- working in Web Forms, legacy MVC, or classic ASP.NET applications
- reviewing old IIS-centric configuration and lifecycle behavior
- planning migration toward ASP.NET Core without breaking core business flows
Workflow
- Treat classic ASP.NET as a distinct stack with different hosting, lifecycle, and configuration rules from ASP.NET Core.
- Stabilize behavior first: routing, session, auth, server controls, configuration transforms, and deployment assumptions.
- Plan modernization in seams: isolate domain and service logic, then move replaceable edges instead of rewriting the whole app at once.
- Use
dotnet-wcfordotnet-entity-framework6when the legacy app depends on those subsystems rather than flattening them into generic web work. - Be careful with guidance copied from ASP.NET Core because middleware, DI, and hosting assumptions do not transfer directly.
- Validate in an environment that resembles real IIS and configuration transforms.
Deliver
- practical maintenance guidance for classic ASP.NET
- stabilized legacy behavior and modernization seams
- a migration path that avoids unnecessary risk
Validate
- classic and Core guidance are not mixed
- legacy runtime assumptions are preserved deliberately
- migration steps are incremental and testable
References
- Migration Paths: strategies for migrating from ASP.NET to ASP.NET Core, including incremental migration, strangler fig pattern, and component-specific guidance
- Maintenance Patterns: stabilization and maintenance patterns for legacy ASP.NET code, including abstraction layers, testing seams, and deployment practices
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