Introduction to MVC4.0, HTML5,Web-API
MVC4.0, HTML5,Web-API , Razor are new concepts to most of .Net users. I am trying to consolidate all these terms here as basic level. These are very powerful and advanced terms are nowadays used in many .Net applications.
Templates - In MVC4, there are many templates but the following templates can be used mainly:
1. Intranet application.
2. Internet application
3. Web API
Why to use Web-API ?
Through Web-API, bundling and minification can be achieved. Loading performance of javascript and css can be improved. It is fully customisable and highly extensible. HTTP protocol can be used as application protocol and not just transfer protocol. So HTTP service is nothing but Web-API.
You can test WEB-API uri with the help of any web debugging tool such as fiddler.
JQuery helps you to achieve more in very less coding. Also use razor engine.
New tags in HTML5
Following sementic markup tags in HTML5 will be useful –
•article
•aside
•figcaption
•figure
•footer
•header
•hgroup
•mark
•nav
•section
•time
Why to use MVC4.0?
Apart from bundling and minification, you can use it for database migration as well. Most of mobile applications prefer this. Asynchronous support is added advantage of MVC4.0 Also it can be used for real time communication.
Which framework best suited for this?
I prefer VS studio 2012 – ultimate edition which is very easy to use. You can choose any edition which is best suited for your requirement.