ASP.NET 5 is the next version of the incredibly popular ASP.NET platform and it’s one of the most significant architectural updates ever made to ASP.NET. How significant you ask? How about the ability to build cross-platform modern web apps that run on Windows, Linux and the Mac for starters. How about being able to build truly modular, lean, modern web apps that only use the system components that your application needs to use instead of using a large, monolithic library. There are 3 major changes being introduced in ASP.NET 5 including a new file based project system, a new cloud optimized core CLR, and the unification of MVC & Web API frameworks. In this presentation you will learn about what the future holds for ASP.NET 5 and how you can begin to get ready for it.

1. ASP.NET 5
What’s the Big Deal?
Jim Duffy
TakeNote Technologies
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2. Who Am I?
 Jim Duffy jduffy@takenote.com
 CEO/Founder TakeNote Technologies www.takenote.com
 Blog: www.geekswithblogs.net/takenote/
 Twitter: @jmduffy
 Microsoft Regional Director (RD) www.msrd.io
 11 time Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
 .NET, ASP.NET MVC, HTML5, AngularJS & SQL Server Instructor,
Mentor, Developer, and Consultant
 Experienced conference presenter
 ASPInsider Member
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3. Microsoft RD Program
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“I am appointed by Microsoft with an independent external role in
the Regional Director program, as one of the top 130 advocates
worldwide for Microsoft, being recognized for deep and broad
technical expertise in many technologies, public communications,
community leadership and corporate experience, while maintaining
a privileged two-way relationship and communication channel with
the regional office, product teams, and senior Microsoft HQ
personnel.”
tl; dr: Microsoft values and trusts me. I am here to help you and
your organization.

4. The Plan For This Session
 Today’s Modern Web
 Re-Architecting ASP.NET
 Consolidation
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5. Today’s Modern Web
 Apps today are very different from apps
built with original version of ASP.NET
 More Dynamic
 Less Server-Side HTML
 Services Dominate (REST)
 Cloud-based Hosting Has Arrived
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6. So, What is ASP.NET 5?
“ASP.NET 5 is an open source web
framework for building modern web
applications that can be developed and
run on Windows, Linux and the Mac.”
https://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/introducing-asp-net-5
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7. Re-Architecting ASP.NET
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8. Why?
 Emergence of NodeJS
 The Need for a Lightweight, Fast
Framework
 The Need to Stay Relevant
 Open Source Tools
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9. How?
 Out in the open on Github!
https://github.com/aspnet/home
 Weekly Public Standups
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0M0zPgJ3HSftTAAHttA3J
QU4vOjXFquF
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10. Who?
 ASP.NET team blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/
 Driven By Community
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11. Relax, Some Things Stay The
Same, Sort Of
 Controllers
 Razor Views (.cshtml)
 Models
 HTML / CSS / JavaScript (TypeScript)
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12. Parallel Tracks
 ASP.NET 4.6
 MVC 5
 WEB API 2
 SignalR 2
 WebForms
 ASP.NET 5
 MVC 6
 SignalR 3
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You don’t have to make the jump to ASP.NET 5 since ASP.NET 4.6
isn’t being discontinued.

13. VS Code or VS 2015
 Visual Studio
Code
 Command line
centric developers
 Visual Studio
2015
 IDE centric
developers
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You can build ASP.NET 5 applications with either tool.
ASP.NET is moving away from requiring Visual Studio, Windows
or any GUI tools at all to build apps. Text editor is all you need.

14. Primary Changes
 New Project Structure
 File Based
 Two Runtimes to Select From
 Full & Core
 Unification of MVC and Web API
 Simplifies things
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15. New Project Structure
 File based – just add file to a folder
 The file system IS the project
 New Folder Structure
 Configuration Files (JSON) – bye web.config!
 wwwroot
 For static files
 The root of the website is no longer the root of the
project.
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16. Noticeable Changes
 .csproj file -> file system
 global.asax -> startup.cs
 web.config -> project.json
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17. Configuration Files (JSON)
 global.json
 project.json
 config.json
 bower.json
 package.json
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18. New Project Structure
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DEMO

19. Two Runtimes, No Waiting
 DNX 4.5.1 (Full CLR)
 DNX Core 5.0 (Subset)
 Much faster startup times
 Lower memory consumption
 Runs on multiple platforms including
Windows, OS X & Linux
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20. Which Runtime to Choose
 DNX 4.5.1 (Full Framework)
 When you need to use features not in
Core Framework
 DNX Core 5.0
 Deploy apps side-by-side
 Cross platform Windows, Linux & OS X
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21. Command Line Tools
 DNX: .NET Execution Environment
 Was: k, klr, kre
 DNVM: .NET Version Manager
 Was: kvm
 DNU: .NET Development Utility
 Was: kpm
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Not a command line person? No problem since all command line
commands will have a corresponding UI gesture in VS 2015.

22. Command Line Tools
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DEMO

23. Unification MVC & Web API
 MVC 6 = MVC + Web API
 Single framework that can handle
both API and HTML endpoints
 Yes, endpoints can even in the same
controller!
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24. Unification MVC & Web API
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DEMO

25. ASP.NET 5 Resources
 http://www.asp.net/vnext
 http://docs.asp.net
 Open Command Line VS Extension
https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/4e84e2cf-
2d6b-472a-b1e2-b84932511379
 Rick Strahl Articles (CODE magazine Jan/Feb 2015)
http://www.codemag.com/Article/1501061
http://www.codemag.com/Article/1501081
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26. Thank You for Attending!
 My Contact info:
Jim Duffy
jduffy@takenote.com
CEO/Founder
TakeNote Technologies
www.takenote.com
Twitter: @jmduffy
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Training Division
 Provides public and on-site
developer training classes
and mentoring in:
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 ASP.NET MVC
 SQL Server
 HTML5
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Consulting Division
 Develops new web and mobile
solutions
 Develops cloud-based solutions and
migrate existing solutions to the
cloud
 Convert legacy solutions into modern
web & mobile solutions
 Manages new or existing projects
 Supplements your development team
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