MVC Developer Interview Question:

Explain me what is the difference between each version of MVC 2, 3 , 4, 5 and 6?

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MVC 6
☛ ASP.NET MVC and Web API has been merged in to one.
☛ Side by side - deploy the runtime and framework with your application
☛ No need to recompile for every change. Just hit save and refresh the browser.
☛ Dependency injection is inbuilt and part of MVC.
☛ Everything packaged with NuGet, Including the .NET runtime itself.
☛ New JSON based project structure.
☛ Compilation done with the new Roslyn real-time compiler.

MVC 5
☛ Asp.Net Identity
☛ Attribute based routing
☛ Bootstrap in the MVC template
☛ Filter overrides
☛ Authentication Filters

MVC 4
☛ ASP.NET Web API
☛ New mobile project template
Refreshed and modernized default project templates
Many new features to support mobile apps

MVC 3
☛ Razor
☛ HTML 5 enabled templates
☛ JavaScript and Ajax
☛ Support for Multiple View Engines
☛ Model Validation Improvements

MVC 2
☛ Templated Helpers
☛ Client-Side Validation
☛ Areas
☛ Asynchronous Controllers
☛ Html.ValidationSummary Helper Method
☛ DefaultValueAttribute in Action-Method Parameters
☛ Binding Binary Data with Model Binders
☛ DataAnnotations Attributes
☛ Model-Validator Providers
☛ New RequireHttpsAttribute Action Filter
Submitted by: Muhammad