Microsoft UK TechDays - Top 10 ASP.NET 4.0 Features

Mike Ormond, Microsoft
@MikeOrmond
http://bit.ly/mikeormond
mike.ormond@microsoft.com
What’s new and interesting in ASP.NET 4

Better ToolingCore - Productivity
1

Markup CleanupWeb Forms – Performance / Standards
2
Control over ClientIDs
Control over Viewstate
Default HTML Encoding
Standards
CheckboxList / RadioButtonList
Menu Control
RenderOuterTable
Hidden <div> elements for system fields

Output CachingCore - Performance
3
Default.aspx
Default.aspx
Page.aspx
UC.ascx
OutputCache
Windows Azure
OutputCacheProvider
AppFabric

Session StateCore - Performance
4
Flick switch to compress Session across the wire

Application MonitoringCore - Debugging
5
App Domain Resource Management

Helpers, Templates & ValidationMVC – Productivity
6
Strongly-typed helpers
Templates
Validation

RoutingWeb Forms - SEO
7

DeploymentCore - Productivity
8

Microsoft AJAX & jQueryCore - Productivity
9
Client-side databinding
Templates
DataView control
Refactored libraries
ScriptLoader
Ships with VS 2010
MS Contributing
Client-side templates
http://www.asp.net/ajaxLibrary/CDN.ashx

Data VisualisationCore - Features
0

In Summary
Mature framework
ASP.NET 4.0 – wealth of enhancements
Whether Web Forms or MVC
Commitment to jQuery
Visual Studio 2010
More information
http://asp.net
http://bit.ly/NewInAsp4

Mike Ormond, Microsoft
@MikeOrmond
http://bit.ly/mikeormond
mike.ormond@microsoft.com
Using jQuery with ASP.NET

AgendaUsing jQuery with ASP.NET
A little backgrounder
A jQuery primer
jQuery plug-ins
jQuery templates
Adding jQuery sauce to your ASP.NET app

What is it?jQuery that is
“jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development.
jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript.”
Source: http://jquery.com/

About jQuery
Created by John Resig
First announced Jan 2006 at BarCampNYC
Most popular JavaScript library in use today
Free, open source (MIT, GPL)
Cross Browser
IE6+, FF2+, Sarari 3+, Chrome, Opera 9+
Lightweight (24kb)
Find it at http://jquery.com
It’s a joy to use
Image courtesy of mixevent@flickr

Microsoft & jQuery
Jan 2009 announcement to ship with VS
jQuery included as-is under existing MIT licence
Not a fork of jQuery, it’s just jQuery
Microsoft will contribute to jQuery project
Full product support for jQuery
Great Intellisense support
MIX10 we extended our commitment
Additional resources
jQuery templates
jQueryvs ASP.NET AJAX

jQuery Primer etc
Image courtesy of kingdavera@flickr

In Summary
jQuery
simple to use but extremely powerful Fx
compliments existing ASP.NET nicely
Microsoft investing in jQuery
jQuery focus is “client side” AJAX
ASP.NET AJAX Library -> AJAX Control Toolkit
ACT focus is “server-side” AJAX
Resources
http://jquery.com
http://asp.net/ajax

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