Umbraco 4.10.0
New to Umbraco 4.10.0 is the integration of MVC. Instead of templates using WebForms you can use MVC views. To do this, in the file ~/config/umbracoSettings change the line
<defaultRenderingEngine>WebForms</defaultRenderingEngine>
to
<defaultRenderingEngine>Mvc</defaultRenderingEngine>
and from now on whenever you create a new template you will be using MVC views. If you want to use inheritance on your templates then it is as easy as changing
@{
Layout = null;
} to
@{
Layout = "MasterPage.cshtml"; <-- Inherits MasterPage template
} You can also use the drop down menu and set the template you want it to be under.
A few of the tags which are important for your MVC views are
@RenderSection("head", false) which is equivilant to <asp:contentPlaceHolder runat="server" id="head"> and @RenderBody() which will render any content from a child template which isn't inside a named section.
For rendering macros in a MVC view @Umbraco.RenderMacro("macroAlias", new { parameterName = "Parameter Value", secondParameter = "Second Value" }).
Also important is the new UmbracoHelper, @Umbraco. This is essentially @library. One more feature which I found important is if you have existing WebForms and you want to switch them over then you can create a .cshtml file with the same name as your WebForm and umbraco will automagically use your .cshtml file.
Get it straight from the source! (Where I got my information)
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