Brief History of MVC Pattern

ASP.NET MVC 1 Features:-
Here, in this section apart from separation of concerns, Unit tests were added. So, while writing any project, you could write unit test for specific modules side by side. MVC 1st was released on 13th March 2009.

ASP.NET MVC 2 Features:-
 
ASP.NET MVC 2 was released just in a span of 1 year. This has got some really cool features which make MVC more robust and powerful. This version was released on March 2010. Some of the features of MVC 2 have been listed below:-

• UI Helpers with Scaffolding templates.
• Model validation on Client and Server side.
• Strongly typed HTML Helpers.
• Enhanced Visual Studio tooling.

ASP.NET MVC 3 Features:-
 
ASP.NET MVC 3 was officially released in 2011. MVC 3 has come with major improvements in many sections. Some of the MVC 3 features are listed below:-

• Inclusion of Razor View Engine.
• .Net 4 Data annotations.
• Robust model binding and validation.
• Inclusion of Global Action Filters.
Nice JS, JQuery support. Also, included Unobtrusive JavaScript
validation.
• JSON Binding
• NuGet Integration to resolve the software dependencies on the
fly.

ASP.NET MVC 4 Features:-
 
ASP.NET MVC 4 has done value addition on MVC 3. On the other hand it has become a complete web development package as a whole which offers developer complete suites of development stack. Some of the common features are listed below:-

• ASP.NET Web API
• Improved Project Templates. Added new Ones
• Inclusion of Mobile Projects using JQuery Mobile.
• Various Display Modes
• Asynchronous Controllers
• Bundling and Minification

ASP.NET MVC 5 Features:-
 
Again ASP.NET MVC 5 has done many value additions to MVC 4. But, all of these changes are around its scaffolding templates, authentication technique, Bootstrap and many more. Some of the common features are listed below.

• Scaffolding
• ASP.Net Identity
• One ASP.Net
• Bootstrap
• Attribute Routing
• Filter Overrides

ASP.NET MVC 6 Features:-
 
ASP.NET MVC 6 in many terms is a unique framework as it’s a major change in MVC. Allthese features will be discussed in the last chapter in detail, where we’ll see the glimpse of MVC 6. Below, I have listed some of the common features of MVC 6.

• Common Framework for MVC, Web API and Web Pages
• Smooth Transiting from Web Pages to MVC
• Built DI First
• Runs on IIS or Self Host
• Based on the new Request Pipeline in ASP.NET vNext
• Runs Cloud Optimized
• No Build Dependency
• Enhanced developer experience
• Open Source
• Cross-Platform Support