New Features in ASP.NET 4.5 Developer Preview

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 | Asp.Net | admin

September 14,2011 Microsoft has announced release of “Visual Studio 2011 Developer Preview. You can download that from following link. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/hh127353

Below are the main new features in asp.net 4.5 Developer Preview

• Support for new HTML5 form types.
• Support for model binders in Web Forms. These let you bind data controls directly to data-access methods, and automatically convert user input to and from .NET Framework data types.
• Support for unobtrusive JavaScript in client-side validation scripts.
• Improved handling of client script through bundling and minification for improved page performance.
• Integrated encoding routines from the AntiXSS library (previously an external library) to protect from cross-site scripting attacks.
• Support for WebSockets protocol.
• Support for reading and writing HTTP requests and responses asynchronously.
• Support for asynchronous modules and handlers.
• Support for content distribution network (CDN) fallback in the ScriptManager control.