1. What’s new in Mvc 4
By Brandon D’Imperio
Imaginarydevelopment.blogspot.com

2. Asp.Net 4.5 new features
• Bundling
– Script
– CSS
• Mobile features
– New mobile project template
– Many new features to support mobile apps
• Async Handlers/Modules
• Performance
• _references.js - sweet

3. Mvc 4 new stuff
• ASP.NET Web API
• Full Async support for actions
– Async<ActionResult> Index(){Return View();}
• Refreshed and modernized default project
templates

4. Bundling
Impact of Bundling and Minification
Using B/M Without B/M Change
File Requests 9 34 256%
KB Sent 3.26 11.92 266%
KB Received 388.51 530 36%
Load Time 510 MS 780 MS 53%

5. Modernized Project Template
• OAuth and OpenID support enabled
• Html5 by default
• Uses jQueryUI for login
• Includes KnockoutJs
• adaptive rendering - looks good in both
desktop browsers and mobile browsers
without any customization
• Bundling/minification built-in
• Includes WebApi Plumbing (or templates)
– Query composition: Use the [Queryable] filter
attribute on an action that
returns IQueryable to enable support for
querying your web API via the OData query
conventions.

6. Sources
• http://www.asp.net/mvc/mvc4
• http://www.slideshare.net/jongalloway/socal-code-camp-2011-
aspnet-45
• http://www.slideshare.net/jongalloway/socal-code-camp-2011-
aspnet-mvc-4
• http://www.slideshare.net/simonech/whats-new-in-aspnet-mvc-4
• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2012/08/15/oauth-
openid-support-for-webforms-mvc-and-webpages.aspx
• http://haacked.com/archive/2012/03/11/itrsquos-the-little-things-
about-asp-net-mvc-4.aspx
• http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/mvc-4/using-asynchronous-
methods-in-aspnet-mvc-4
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/vs11trainingcourse_aspnetmvc4_topic2.aspx

7. Little known or used Mvc
features not specific to 4
Views
Helpers
Collection.cshtml
ModelBinding – complex nested type?
Let json bind that sucker

8. Little known sources
• http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2011/
05/12/asp-net-mvc-3-and-the-helper-syntax-
within-razor.aspx