What's new in asp.net mvc 4

What's new in asp.net mvc 4

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  What’s new inASP.NET MVC 4 Simone Chiaretta Architect, Council of the EU http://codeclimber.net.nz Twitter: @simonech
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  Who am I? ► Simone Chiaretta ► Microsoft MVP ASP.NET ► ASP Insider ► Blogger – http://codeclimber.net.nz ► Moved to Belgium ► Contributor to various OpenSource projects ► Runner/Climber/Triathlete Disclaimer:"The views expressed are purely those of the speaker and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the Council"
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  ASP.NET MVC 4Goals ► Enhance development and deployment ► Bring together all MS Web Stack ► Better HTML5 / Mobile support ► Cloud ready
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  ASP.NET MVC 4 ► New and refreshed Project Template ► Enhanced support for mobile sites ► Recipes for custom code generation ► Improved support for async controllers ► Cloud-ready
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  ASP.NET MVC 4– Developer Preview ► Released September 2011 @ Build ► Both for .NET 4 and .NET 4.5 preview ► Downloadable with Web Platform Installer 4
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  New Project Template ► New look closer to ASP.NET website ► HTML5 by default ► Responsive Design (via media queries) ► Uses jQueryUI for the login ► Includes KnockOutJS
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  Support for MobileSites ► New Mobile Project Template for mobile-only sites ► Display modes – Views/index.cshtml – Views/index.mobile.cshtml ► Inclusion of jQuery Mobile ► View Switcher and Browser Overriding
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  Recipes ► Custom code-generation plugins ► Downloadable via NuGet ► Still a bit undocumented ► Heavily rely on VS Extensibility
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  Recipes How-To ► Class library ► Reference Microsoft.VisualStudio.Mvc.Extensibility.1.0. dll ► Implement IRecipe or IFolderRecipe ► Build your own custom UI Dialog ► Package and deploy with NuGet Or Install Package AspNetMvc4.RecipeSdk
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  Task based AsyncControllers ► Single Method Async Contollers ► No more manual handling of requests ► Returns Task<ActionResult> MVC3 public void SyncAllAsync() { AsyncManager.OutstandingOperations.Increment(); MVC4 StuffService stuff = new StuffService(); stuff.StuffCompleted += (sender, e) => public Task<ActionResult> SyncAllAsync(){ MVC4 + C#5 (or Async CTP) { AsyncManager.Parameters["model"] = e.Result; StuffService stuff = new StuffService();AsyncManager.OutstandingOperations.Decrement(); }; return stuff.DoStuffAsync() stuff.DoStuffAsync("Some other => { .ContinueWith(t stuff"); } return View(t.Result) public async Task<ActionResult> SyncAllAsync() { }); public ActionResult SyncAllCompleted(SyncViewModel model) } { StuffService stuff = new StuffService(); return View(model); stuff.DoStuffAsync()); return View(await } }
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  Looking at thefuture ► Better integration with other “products” – Web Pages 2 – ASP.NET 4.5 – Web API
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  Minification & Bundling View <script src=“/Scripts/js”></scripts> Global.asax BundleTable.Bundles.EnableDefaultBundles();
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  WCF WebAPI Preview6 ► Uses WCF syntax for web API ► Returns JSON or XML ► Extensible
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  Summary ► MVC4 introduced new mobile features, better aync, enhanced tooling ► Current release is a Developer Preview from BUILD (4 months ago) ► Beta coming in the next few months ► Final release in sync with next release of Visual Studio vNext (Dev11)
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  References ► MVC 4 Main Page and Dev Preview http://www.asp.net/mvc/mvc4 ► Release Notes http://www.asp.net/whitepapers/mvc4-release-notes ► Roadmap http://aspnet.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=ASP.NET%20MVC%204%20RoadMap ► Phil Haack’s Mobility Talk, BUILD Sep 2011 http://channel9.msdn.com/events/BUILD/BUILD2011/TOOL-803T ► Create an MVC4 Recipe http://haacked.com/archive/2011/09/22/writing-a-recipe-for-asp-net- mvc-4-developer-preview.aspx ► The evolution of Async controllers in ASP.NET MVC http://codeclimber.net.nz/archive/2012/01/09/evolution-of-async- controller-asp-net-mvc.aspx
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  Contacts – SimoneChiaretta ► Blog: http://codeclimber.net.nz/ ► Twitter: @simonech 15
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