ASP.NET 2.0 Illustrated

1. Technology, Tools, and Getting Started When microsoft released the .NET Framework 1.0 Technology Preview in July 2000, it was immediately clear that Web development was going to change. The company's then-current technology, Active Server...

New Features of ASP.NET 2.0 This chapter isn't an in-depth look at any specific featureinstead, we are going to give you a taste of what's to come so you can see how much easier Web development is going to be. For this overview of new features, we...

Changes from Version 1.x In addition to the large number of new features, there have been some APIs that have been made obsolete. The list is too long to include here, but you can find it on MSDN, where the APIs are broken down by namespace and ...

Obtaining and Installing .NET 2.0 The .NET 2.0 Framework is freely available, and can be downloaded either as a stand-alone package (354MB for the runtime and the SDK, or 22MB for the redistributable), or with the free tool, Visual Web Developer 2...

Upgrading and Deploying Applications The default installation of Visual Studio 2005 supports a different model than that supported in the previous version because it no longer uses a project system. A folder-based approach is used instead, where a...

Installing the Samples The samples used throughout this book are running live at the Dave and Al Web site, at http://daveandal.net/, where you'll also find a downloadable copy. There is also a full Read Me file detailing the steps required for ins...

Summary There are many changes within ASP.NET 2.0too many to mention in this introduction, although some highlights were covered. You can seeeven from just this quick overviewthat there are a large number of great features that ease the developmen...