diff --git a/src/Components/test/testassets/BasicTestApp/BindMethods.cs b/src/Components/test/testassets/BasicTestApp/BindMethods.cs
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+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components
+{
+    // This is a temporary workaround for the fact that public previews of VS look for
+    // this type. Without this the tooling won't understand bind or event handlers.
+    //
+    // This has already gotten better in 16.3 and we look for IComponent rather
+    // than specific implementation details.
+    public static class BindMethods
+    {
+    }
+}