What is new in ASP.NET 4.5
It has been over a decade since the very first version of ASP.NET was introduced by Microsoft. Since then, ASP.NET has matured enough that it is one of the most widely used Web development technology today.
New version of ASP.NET is ASP.NET 4.5. ASP.NET 4.5 is a part of Visual Web Developer 11. Some of the new features of ASP.NET 4.5 are the following:
· Strongly Typed Data Controls
· HTML 5 Support
· ASP.NET MVC 4
· ASP.NET Web Pages 2
· Support of CSS 3, JavaScript, and HTML 5
· And much more
Check out more details here:
http://www.asp.net/vnext/overview/whitepapers/whats-new