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WinFXGuy
WinFXGuy

Reputation: 1599

What points to keep in mind while coding a MVC 3 project for easy upgrade to MVC 4?

We are starting a new project, but we don't want to use beta software. At the same time, we can not wait for MVC 4 release.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 164

Answers (2)

Steve Sloka
Steve Sloka

Reputation: 3454

Moving from MVC3 to MVC4 is pretty easy. Here are the specific notes from Microsoft: http://www.asp.net/whitepapers/mvc4-release-notes#_Toc303253806

I just upgraded a big MVC3 application to MVC4. We did the option of creating a new project, 10 minutes total and everything from MVC3 worked fine.

What you miss out on is developing the new features from the start (since it's a new project). But given your constraint this should be acceptable.

Also to note: MVC4 comes with a "go-live" license (http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2012/02/19/asp-net-mvc-4-beta.aspx) so you could use it in production today.

Upvotes: 0

Kevin Junghans
Kevin Junghans

Reputation: 17540

Will the application you are developing support multiple devices (mobile, tablet, and PC)? If it will support multiple devices then there are some considerations on how you structure your project and naming conventions used to switch to device specific controllers and views. Checkout this tutorial for an explanation of the changes. Also if your application will have some REST web services or API's then you will want to look at the ASP.NET Web API, which is part of MVC 4.

Upvotes: 1

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