Features of ASP.NET MVC’s different versions

Features of ASP.NET MVC’s different versions:

In this post we compare different version of mvc model. We consider MVC 3, MVC 4 and MVC 5.

We consider one by one and give some points.

New Project Templates having support for HTML 5 and CSS 3.
Improved Model validation.
Razor View Engine introduced with a bundle of new features.
Having support for Multiple View Engines i.e. Web Forms view engine, Razor or open source.
Controller improvements like ViewBag property and ActionResults Types etc.
Unobtrusive JavaScript approach.
Improved Dependency Injection with new IDependencyResolver.
Partial page output caching.

ASP.NET Web API, a framework that simplifies the creation of HTTP services and serving a wide range of clients.
Adaptive rendering and other look-n-feel improvements to Default Project Templates.
A truly Empty Project Template.
Based on jQuery Mobile, new Mobile Project Template introduced.
Support for adding controller to other project folders also.
Task Support for Asynchronous Controllers.
Controlling Bundling and Magnification through web.config.
Support for OAuth and OpenID logins using DotNetOpenAuth library.
Support for Windows Azure SDK 1.6 and new releases.

Bootstrap replaced the default MVC template.
ASP.NET Identity for authentication and identity management.
Authentication Filters for authenticating user by custom or third-party authentication provider.
With the help of Filter overrides, we can now override filters on a method or controller.
Attribute Routing is now integrated into MVC 5.