ASP.NET 5 Features Overview

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ASP.NET 5 Features Overview
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Microsofts flagship product ASP.NET framework
has proved to be successful since its launch as
its user-friendly and has powerful features.
Continuous efforts have been put in by Microsoft
to bring enhancements in its features so as to
fit the changing business requirements. The
latest version of .NET framework - ASP.NET 5
which represents the full reimagining of the
framework is an effort towards the same. The
purpose is to create modern applications for both
cloud and local servers and simplify the
development process.
Here is a one-by-one walk-through of the new
features of ASP.NET vNext.
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MVC, Web API and Web Pages Merged
In ASP.NET 5, MVC, Web API and Web Pages have
been bundled together into a single framework
i.e. MVC 6. Prior to ASP.NET 5 the features of
all three of them coincided, their implementation
however being separate. The new approach
eliminates duplication from the framework and
makes it easier for developers to design apps
that use these three frameworks. They are
therefore not required to write different code
irrespective of whether they are within MVC, Web
API or Web Pages context.
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Use of Different .NET Framework Simultaneously
When your application is dependent on a
particular version of .NET, all your apps have to
be run on the same version of the framework. You
might have been apprehensive about upgrading to
new version of .NET due to uncertainty about your
legacy apps not working properly on the upgraded
framework. To overcome this, ASP.NET 5 allows
you to define the dependencies within your
deployment package. This will give you advantages
of the latest releases for some apps while
allowing you to stay with an older version for
your legacy applications. Thus it supports
side-by-side deployment where you can run
different version of the framework simultaneously
without facing any problem.
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Capability to Self-Host or Host on IIS
ASP.NET gives the flexibility of hosting your
application either on IIS or self-hosting it in a
custom process. By targeting the Core CLR,
application can be deployed with all dependencies
tied together within the deployment package. This
is the reason why your application and its
dependencies are complete in themselves and no
longer require dependency on system installation
of .NET. Due to this, you can run your
application on any type of device or hosting
platform. You will not have to decide which
development framework to use based on your
hosting and vice-versa.
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New Flexible Cross-Platform Runtime

• Earlier, the .NET Framework used to be delivered
  as one single installation with new features
  being incorporated with every release without
  removing any, leading to a steady increase in the
  size of framework. This was followed solely to
  ensure that .NET installed Windows system
  supports all .NET applications. But there were
  chances of every application not using all the
  features installed as well.
• Thus to overcome this, ASP.NET 5 will provide
  improved flexibility, consisting of three
  different runtime environments
• Full .NET CLR This is the default runtime which
  provides the entire API set. It will be the best
  option if you are looking for compatibility of
  your previous application with ASP.NET.
• Core CLR (Cloud Optimized CLR) This is a modular
  runtime which gives flexibility of incorporating
  only those features which you require in your
  application, being added as NuGet packages. Your
  application is thus dependent only on the
  features you need. The Core CLR is about 11 MBs
  which is very less as compared to full .NET CLR
  which is 200 MBs. All components get updated on
  their own as per their schedule. Different Core
  CLR versions can run simultaneously and can be
  installed with your application.
• Cross Platform CLR This runtime will help you to
  develop and run .NET apps on Mac and Linux OS
  supported devices. Until this runtime comes to
  you, Mono community can be utilized for cross
  platform development.

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Open Source Advantage
ASP.NET is going to be made open source with its
source code being hosted on GitHub. GitHub will
act as a repository for development with all
changes being visible including when they were
made. You will be able to download the code and
submit changes.
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Easy Deployment to Cloud
ASP.NET is cloud optimized and can be integrated
with Azure including facility to publish your
website directly on Azure cloud platform. You
will also be offered diagnostic and tracing tools
allowing you to easily detect issues with your
cloud application.
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Modular HTTP request pipeline
With ASP.NET 5, a new lean and fast HTTP request
pipeline is launched. This modular pipeline will
allow you to only add components that you need to
run your application. Your overhead in the
pipeline diminishes and output from your app is
improved.
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Dependency Injection
Dependency Injection is built into ASP.NET 5
framework which helps in giving the right
services for the environment. You can now use
your preferred Inversion of Control (IoC)
container to register dependencies.
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Agility in Development
With ASP.NET you will not be required to rebuild
the project every time you make the code changes.
After the changes have been made, you can save
them, refresh the browser and new changes will be
reflected. These changes can be incorporated in
the project itself or in a class-library.
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Legacy Applications Supported
There will not be any need of rewriting your
applications built on earlier versions of
ASP.NET. They will work with new version of .NET
as well. No updating or migration of legacy
applications will be required in case of you
dont want new features of the latest
release. ASP.NET 5 is a portray of new aspect of
.NET framework, where you can choose to work with
tools and operating systems of your preferences,
with complete benefits of open-source and
cross-platform being delivered. The latest
version bundles MVC, Web API and web pages in a
single package and offers modularization. You
will be able to run multiple versions of the same
application side-by-side. ASP.NET 5 will thus
transform the way development takes place and
take it to a new level.
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