What's New in ASP.NET MVC4

The feature additions in Asp.Net MVC4 are relatively less when compared to the MVC2 – MVC3 upgrade. Asp.Net MVC4 mainly focuses on mobile web development, in addition it adds a few features to the existing Web application projects.

1. Includes support for Asp.Net Web API

          ASP.NET Web API is a framework that makes it easy to build HTTP services that reach a broad  range of clients, including browsers and mobile devices. ASP.NET Web API is an ideal platform for building RESTful applications on the .NET Framework.

2. New Mobile Project Template
          New template for creating mobile applications using Asp.Net MVC4, this template makes use of jQuery mobile.

3. Includes support for Azure SDK
          ASP.NET MVC 4 supports the 1.6 and newer releases of the Windows Azure SDK.

4. Includes support for Entity Framework 5
          ASP.NET MVC 4 supports Entity Framework 5.

5. Authentication improvements
          ASP.NET MVC 4 includes support for OAuth and OpenID login using the DotNetOpenAuth        library.

6. New Additions for Developers

         New Attributes

            AllowAnonymousAttribute 

            HttpHeadAttribute 

            HttpOptionsAttribute 

            HttpPatchAttribute 

            New Helper Classes

            HtmlHelper 

            UrlHelper 

            New Controller properties

            AsyncManager 

            Profile 

            ViewEngineCollection 

            DisableAsyncSupport