Mvc Version History

Last modified on May 08th, 2020 by DigitalIndiaInfo Team.


MVC Version History

Microsoft had introduced ASP.NET MVC in .NET 3.5, since then lots of new features have been added.

The following table list brief history of ASP.NET MVC.

MVC Version Visual Studio .NET Framework Released Date Features
MVC 1.0 VS2008 .Net 3.5 13-Mar-2009
  • MVC architecture with webform engine
  • Routing
  • HTML Helpers
  • Ajax Helpers
  • Auto binding
MVC 2.0 VS 2008, .Net 3.5/4.0 10-Mar-2010
  • Area
  • Asynchronous controller
  • Html helper methods with lambda expression
  • DataAnnotations attributes
  • Client side validation
  • Custom template
  • Scaffolding
MVC 3.0 VS 2010 .Net 4.0 13-Jan-2011
  • Unobtrusive javascript validation
  • Razor view engine
  • Global filters
  • Remote validation
  • Dependency resolver for IoC
  • ViewBag
MVC 4.0 VS 2010 SP1,
VS 2012
.NET 4.0/4.5 15-Aug-2012
  • Mobile project template
  • Bundling and minification
  • Support for Windows Azure SDK
MVC 5.0 VS 2013 .NET 4.5 17-oct-2013
  • Authentication filters
  • Bootstrap support
  • New scaffolding items
  • ASP.Net Identity
MVC 5.2 - Current VS 2013 .NET 4.5 28-Aug-2014
  • Attribute based routing
  • bug fixes and minor features upate

Let's create first simple MVC application in the next section.



References :

  • www.tutorial.digitalindiainfo.com