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Strongly-Typed Data Controls in ASP.Net 4.5

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In addition to Visual Studio 2012 enhancements to the HTML/CSS/JavaScript editors, enhanced HTML5 support, oAuth and anti-XSRF support, integration with Web Sockets and SignalR, the ability to use the ASP.NET Web API, FriendlyUrls, plus more much more, some of the most impressive features are focused on working with data. Here's a quick summary of what's new when it comes to data-specific features: ·          Strongly Typed Data Controls ·          Model Binding with Web Controls ·          HTML Encoded Data Binding ·          Unobtrusive Validation Strongly-Typed Data Controls  If you build data-driven Web applications with ASP.NET Web Forms then you've learned to live with <%# Eval("FieldName") %> statements (although if you're like me you've never had much love for them) when binding data. No...