After searching a lot i have come forward with a compiled list of main features that are in .net 4.0. Though this list is not exhaustive. Further I have given links that would elaborate the topic more. For more complete official features see this whitepaper from Microsoft detailing many of the new features in ASP.NET 4.0.
There's a couple of videos on Mircosoft Channel 9:
- ASP.NET 4.0 Roadmap by Scott Hunter
It seems like someone has made session notes on this talk, as well. - New Features of ASP.NET 4.0 by Steven Walther
The list is as follows:.
Ø CLR
o Type Equivalence (noPIA)
Ø Languages
o C#
§ dynamic keyword
§ Named / optional arguments
§ Co/contra-variance support in delegates and interfaces
o VB.NET
§ Auto Properties
§ Lambdas with no return value
§ Multi-line lambdas
§ Collection Initializers
§ Automatic Line Continuations
o F#
§ IronRuby (out of band release)
Ø BCL
o Reactive Extensions (IObservable)
o Location / GPS APIs
o Large Numbers (BigInteger, Complex Numbers)
o Tuples / SortedSet
o ObservableCollection moved to System.dll
o Lots of random, helpful, API changes:
§ Enum.HasFlag
§ Enum.TryParse
§ Stream.CopyTo(Stream)
§ Guid.TryParse
§ IEnumerable File.EnumerateFiles()
§ IEnumerable File.ReadLines()
§ String.Join(IEnumerable)
§ String.Concat(IEnumerable)
Ø ASP.NET
o Extensible Output Caching (OutputCacheProvider)
o SEO improvements (access to page metadata)
§ Areas (Admin areas)
§ Validation (annotations; support for jquery)
§ Type templates
o ASP.NET WebForms
o Windows 7 Multitouch
o Windows 7 Shell integration (Taskbar windows, taskbar progress)
o Cached Compositions
o Pixel Shader 3
o DLR databinding support
o New XAML/BAML parser
o Visual State Manager (from Silverlight)
o Multitouch + gestures
o Printing support
o CoreCLR / CLR compatability (single compilation)
o Webcam / Microphone Support
o Mousewheel support
o Official Google Chrome support
o 200% faster (supposedly)
o H.264
o Video streaming support
o Out-of-browser applications
§ Host HTML
§ Toast (bubble) notifications
§ Window chrome customisations
o Trusted out-of-browser applications
§ User folder read-write access (my documents, etc)
§ COM automation
§ Privilage elevation dialog
o Completely Rewritten
o Persistance Ignorance / POCO Support
§ Comparison or virtual members
o Model-first / Database Generation Support
o T4 Code Generation
o Lazy Loading
o "Client" entities that track their own changes
o Code-only developer support (no edmx xml)
o Completely rewritten
o XAML (codeless) design
o Limited BC with WF3
o Static Code Analysis (class coupling, etc)
o Task debugging support (task stack visualisation)
o Add Reference dialog defaults to Project; .NET tab is asynchronous
o Code navigation (CTRL+COMMA to find resource by name)
o Editor written in WPF / MEF
o No more "team" editions. Only Professional, Premium and Ultimate
o "Data Dude": redistributable command line for comparing and updating databases (Premium/Ultimate)
o Test features: ability to record video + steps of bugs for reproduction (Premium/Ultimate)
Further features module wise (not exhaustive) is as follows:
Web Forms
Ø Developers can manage control IDs that affect rendered client ID
Ø Remove ID bloat, and 'mangling'
Ø CSS:
o Ideally remove the need to use CSS adapters
o Defer to CSS styles and bypass existing style properties
§ non-inline style attributes
o Support non-table-based HTML rendering
Ø URL-routing for web forms
o Friendly url handling for web forms
o configuration model for url routing
Ø View state
o Disable on the page, enable on specific controls - they will provide granular control of viewstate - today it is backwards
o Disable on control, enable on child controls
o GridView/ListView work better without viewstate
Ø ASP.NET dynamic-data
Ajax
Ø Continue ASP.NET Ajax innovation : RIA
Ø Appeal to JavaScript Developers
Ø Provide support for the page developer
Ø jQuery including Intellisense
Ø Templates and data binding
o Client side handling, REST or Web Services
o Covers page developer and component developer scenarios
Ø DOM manipulation, selectors ...
Ø Ajax higher-level components
o Ajax Control Toolkit is a part of the strategy - they will make the toolkit part of the overall ASP.NET package
o New controls
Ø Centralized script libraries and break-up for performance
ASP.NET MVC
Ø Appeal to those wanting separation of concerns, TDD, full control
Ø Ruby on Rails, Django, PHP
Ø Building on from ASP.NET MVC 1.0
Ø ASP.NET MVC (Model View Controller)
Ø Asynchronous controllers
Ø Sub-controllers & Views
Ø Declarative controls
ASP.NET Core
Ø Address customer pain points
Ø Improve scale and performance
Ø Cache extensibility and performance:
o Enable caching like Velocity
Thanks for such an elaborative list. It really helped me a lot !
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