ASP.Net MVC 5

ASP.Net MVC 5

ASP.NET MVC 5 is a framework for building scalable, standards-based web applications using well-established design patterns and the power of ASP.NET and the .NET Framework.

For detailed life cycle of ASP.Net MVC 5 click here.

Main Features:
ASP.NET Identity: The MVC project templates have been updated to use ASP.NET Identity for authentication and identity management. ASP.NET MVC 5 enables users to log in using OAuth 2.0  with credentials from an external authentication provider, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Microsoft, or Google.

Attribute Routing: ASP.NET MVC now supports attribute routing. Attribute routing uses attributes to define routes. Attribute routing gives you more control over the URIs in your web application.
For example:
{productId:int}/{productTitle} 
Mapped to ProductsController.Show(int id)
{username} 
Mapped to ProfilesController.Show(string username)

ASP.NET Scaffolding: ASP.NET Scaffolding is a code generation framework for ASP.NET Web applications. It makes it easy to add boilerplate code to your project that interacts with a data model. In previous versions of Visual Studio, scaffolding was limited to ASP.NET MVC projects. With Visual Studio 2013, you can now use scaffolding for any ASP.NET project, including Web Forms.

Filter Override: One can now override which filters apply to a given action method or controller, by specifying an override filter. Override filters specify a set of filter types that should not run for a given scope (action or controller). This allows you to add global filters, but then exclude some from specific actions or controllers.

Bootstrap: The MVC project template has been updated to use Bootstrap to provide a sleek and responsive look and feel that you can easily customize. Bootstrap makes front-end web development faster and easier. It's made for folks of all skill levels, devices of all shapes, and projects of all sizes.

For further details about ASP.Net MVC 5 click here.

Google Web Starter Kit

Google Web Starter Kit

Google recently announced Web Starter Kit in San Francisco.  
It's a  toolkit to develop multi-device responsive boilerplate with better performance. It uses HTML5 boilerplate.

Main Features:
Responsive Layout: Responsive layout is included with the kit that adapts to fit the device your user is viewing it on. This helps you hit the ground running with an experience that looks good everywhere.
Cross-device Synchronization: Synchronize clicks, scrolls, forms and live-reload across multiple devices as you edit your project. Powered by BrowserSync.
Live Browser Reloading: Reload the browser in real-time anytime an edit is made without the need for an extension.
Built in HTTP Server: A built in server for previewing your site means you can test your pages without messing with other tools.
PageSpeed Insights Reporting: Web performance metrics showing how well your site performs on mobile and desktop.

To understand about setting up environment and building your site, click on below URL:
https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/tools/

Humanizer

Humanizer

Humanizer meets all your .NET needs for manipulating and displaying strings, enums, dates, times, timespans, numbers and quantities.

One can install Humanizer as a nuget package: 

Install-Package Humanizer

Features

• Humanize: Humanize string extensions allow you turn an otherwise computerized string into a more readable human-friendly one.
• Dehumanize: Much like you can humanize a computer friendly into human friendly string you can dehumanize a human friendly string into a computer friendly one
• Transform: There is a Transform method that supersedes LetterCasing, ApplyCase and Humanize overloads that accept LetterCasing.
• Truncate: You can truncate a string using the Truncate method
• Humanize DateTime: You can Humanize an instance of DateTime and get back a string telling how far back or forward in time.

• Inflector methods: There are also a few inflector methods:
• Pluralize: Pluralize pluralizes the provided input while taking irregular and uncountable words into consideration.
• Singularize: Singularize singularizes the provided input while taking irregular and uncountable words into consideration.
• ToQuantity: Many times you want to call Singularize and Pluralize to prefix a word with a number; e.g. "2 requests", "3 men".
• Ordinalize: Ordinalize turns a number into an ordinal string used to denote the position in an ordered sequence such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.

• Number to words: Humanizer can change numbers to words using the ToWords extension

Few examples of above features:

• "PascalCaseInputStringIsTurnedIntoSentence".Humanize() => "Pascal case input string is turned into sentence"
• "CanReturnTitleCase".Humanize(LetterCasing.Title) => "Can Return Title Case"
• "Pascal case input string is turned into sentence".Dehumanize() => "PascalCaseInputStringIsTurnedIntoSentence"
• "Sentence casing".Transform(To.SentenceCase) => "Sentence casing"
• "Long text to truncate".Truncate(10) => "Long text…"
• "Long text to truncate".Truncate(2, Truncator.FixedNumberOfWords, TruncateFrom.Left) => "…to truncate"
• DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(30).Humanize() => "tomorrow"
• DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(2).Humanize() => "2 hours from now"
• "Man".Pluralize() => "Men"
• "Men".Singularize() => "Man"
• "case".ToQuantity(0) => "0 cases"
• 1.Ordinalize() => "1st"
• 122.ToWords() => "one hundred and twenty-two"

You can download from here also.