A lot of new content today. Web API 2.1, MVC 5.1 and Web Pages 3.1 goes in Release Candidate. Don’t miss a nice article on how to properly upgrade a project from MVC 4/Web API to MVC 5/Web API 2. Ever needed to build a custom Identity database? Lookup the link to Codeplex for a SQL Project that does just that. Rick Strahl show off the Helios performance test while John Papa dispel some myths about single page applications.
Finally, don’t miss on Entity Framework 6 which has been nicknamed “The Ninja Edition”.
ASP.NET – Updates and releases
ASP.NET December 2013 Security Updates (blogs.msdn.com)
ASP.NET Web API 2.1 RC is out - what’s new? - StrathWeb (www.strathweb.com)
Release Candidates for ASP.NET MVC 5.1, Web API 2.1 and Web Page 3.1. (blogs.msdn.com)
ASP.NET Identity Database - Home (identity.codeplex.com)
OWIN
Re-examining ASP.NET and Helios Performance Tests - Rick Strahl’s Web Log (weblog.west-wind.com)
Single Page Applications
SPA and the Single Page Myth (www.johnpapa.net)
Entity Framework
Entity Framework - Entity Framework 6: The Ninja Edition (msdn.microsoft.com)