ASP.NET 4.0 Hosting - The New ASP Net Technology Improvements

ASP.NET 4 brings a lot of new possibilities overits predecessor, ASP.NET 3. One of the best additions is support formeta keywords and meta description. These are very important parts of awebsite if you want to rank high in search engines. It is also a vitalpart of SEO . Unlike in ASP.NET 3, where you would need to work with theHtmlMeta class, with ASP.NET 4 you can add meta and description tagsdirectly from the Page object through two new properties. ASP.NET 4brings more control on Controls ViewState by adding a new property, theViewStateMode. In ASP.NET 3, if one wanted to disable the viewstate forthe page but still have it enable for the control, it was impossible.With the new property, you can do just that!

ASP.NET 4 provides anew property, ClientIDModefor page objects and controls that helpsdevelopers get the client ID. This was a very challenging task inASP.NET 3 and thankfully it is now much easier. Also, there are majorimprovements in the ListView control. These improvements makes only theItemTemplate necessary, while the LayoutTemplate is optional. ASP.NET 4comes with a new project template that allows developers to create anempty Web application project that includes a Web.Config file. TheWeb.Config file is very simple and clean, not like the ones generatedby ASP.NET 3. With the new version come changes to the webforms' URL.URLs now have meaningful names and will improve the search engine rank.There are also some major CSS improvements and HTML will comply withthe latest standards in the industry. The RadioButtonList andCheckboxList have two more values regarding the RepeatLayout property(OrderedList and UnorderedList). ASP.NET 4 also brings manyimprovements in code expressions and allows for permanent redirectionby using the HTTP 301 Moved Permanently Reply.

As you can see,there are a lot of improvements over ASP.NET 3. You will find out thatASP.NET 4 is a far better choice than its predecessor is. It has a lotof fixes and a lot of new features. Developers all around the world arevery happy with it! ASP.NET 4 hosting is growing at a rapid pace andmore an more websites use it. Nowadays, one can find ASP.NET 4 hostingalmost everywhere. ASP.NET 3 is already outdated and ASP.NET 4 ismoving in rapidly!

Lisa served as product manager on one of the leading ASP web hosting company, specializing in offering ASP.NET 4.0 support and services.