ASP.NET MVC 2 Release Candidate Released

Significant news for all ASP.NET developers: A new version of the MVC Framework 2 RC is available for download . MVC enters the final stretch and reaches the level of the candidate for release. This means that functional changes will no longer be made, but errors and incorrect behavior detected by the developer community will be actively corrected.



On the other hand, MVC 2 RC contains a number of changes and innovations of a small plan, which are extremely useful to know about:



* Validation scripts are moved to a separate file;

* validation scripts can now be included both at first markup and below for client optimization;

* validation scripts support globalization;

* the Html.ValidationSummary method can now not immediately display all validation errors, but only those that are calculated in the model so that the others are displayed next to the controls and are not duplicated;

* T4 templates in Visual Studio now generate code specific to the .NET Framework version

* markup generated via Add View now includes using Editor, EditorFor, Display and DisplayFor;

* now you can declaratively set the behavior of the button and its effect on the validation of the form, causes validation or not;

* Now you can declaratively manage when validation is called: during entry, after changing focus, before sending the form;

* Html.Substitute method was excluded;

* The installer now does not mapping scripts for IIS6 and IIS7 in Integrated Mode, if necessary, tools for self-mapping are on codeplex.com.

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There are few changes, but as you see they are part of them, personally, I find it very useful. MVC 2 already looks like a very mature product, it's time to use it!