Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0

Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0

Robert BurkeMicrosoft Ireland Developer and Platform Group

robburke@microsoft.com

Agenda• Tons of ASP.NET and Web stuff – 2+ talks

worth– A few minutes of slides to start with– Then Demos, Demos, Demos

• Demos in Part 1:– Visual Studio– Cross Page Posting– Validation Groups– Data Access– SQL Output Caching

Agenda• Demos in Part 2:

– Master Pages– Site Navigation– Security and Login– Role Management– Profile System– Web Part Personalization– Localization

Web Platform Themes

• Developer Productivity – Dramatically reduce concepts, lines of code required– Deliver an awesome Visual Studio Web tool

experience – Enable rich Web scenarios not possible today

• Extensible Platform– Replace/extend all built-in features + services– Customize for any enterprise environment

• Administration and Management– Easiest platform to manage and administer

• Performance and Scalability– The world’s fastest Web application server

ASP.NET 2.0 Application Services APIs

Membership Role Manager Personalization

Site Navigation Database Caching

Management

ASP.NET 2.0 Developer Stack

Providers

ASP.NET 2.0 Application Services APIs

Membership

Windows SQL Server Custom

Role Manager Personalization

Site Navigation Database Caching

Management

Provider Model Design Pattern

Access MDB

ASP.NET 2.0 Developer Stack

ASP.NET 2.0 Application Services APIs

Membership Role Manager Personalization

Site Navigation Database Caching

Management

ASP.NET 2.0 Developer Stack

ASP.NET 2.0 Application Services APIs

Membership Role Manager Personalization

Site Navigation Database Caching

Management

ASP.NET 2.0 “Page Framework” Features

ASP.NET 2.0 Developer Stack

Master Pages

Themes/Skins

Adaptive UILocalization

ASP.NET 2.0 “Page Framework” Features

Master Pages

Themes/Skins

Adaptive UILocalization

ASP.NET 2.0 Application Services APIs

Membership Role Manager Personalization

Site Navigation Database Caching

Management

ASP.NET 2.0 Developer StackASP.NET 2.0 Controls (50+)

Security Web PartsData Navigation

Expanding Visual StudioEvaluateEvaluate

.NET.NETInteract withInteract with

studentsstudents

Build coolBuild coolappsapps

Learn howLearn howto programto program

HobbyistsHobbyists

StudentsStudents FacultyFaculty

EnthusiastsEnthusiasts

Visual Studio 2005“Personalized productivity”

EnthusiastsStudentsHobbyists

Part-Timers

ProfessionalsConsultants

Enterprise DevsArchitects

Testers

VB6 Devs

Web Development in Visual StudioMajor Improvements for Whidbey

• FrontPage Server Extensions No Longer Required– Now File System, IIS, FTP and FPSE Web Sites

• Directory Based Project System Model– Edit any web anywhere (no project file required)– Dramatic performance improvements with large web sites– No longer required to build entire site into a single DLL– Can now re-build just individual pages to test and run

• HTML Source Preservation – Tool will never re-format or mangle your code

Web Development in Visual StudioMajor Improvements for Whidbey

• FrontPage Server Extensions No Longer Required– Now File System, IIS, FTP and FPSE Web Sites

• Directory Based Project System Model– Edit any web anywhere (no project file required)– Dramatic performance improvements with large web sites– No longer required to build entire site into a single DLL– Can now re-build just individual pages to test and run

• HTML Source Preservation – Tool will never re-format or mangle your code

• Flexible HTML Source Formatting Options– Precisely control format of designer generated HTML– Optionally re-format HTML to match your format rules

Web Development in Visual StudioMajor Improvements for Whidbey

• Built-in ASP.NET Web Server (no IIS required)– Only allows local browser requests – Automatic shutdown when VS IDE is closed

Web Development in Visual StudioMajor Improvements for Whidbey

• Built-in ASP.NET Web Server (no IIS required)– Only allows local browser requests – Automatic shutdown when VS IDE is closed

• Publish Web– Easily synchronize/publish webs to remote servers

Web Development in Visual StudioMajor Improvements for Whidbey

• Built-in ASP.NET Web Server (no IIS required)– Only allows local browser requests – Automatic shutdown when VS IDE is closed

• Publish Web– Easily synchronize/publish webs to remote servers

• Rich Data Design-Time Support– WYSIWYG Data Access Layer Designer

• Functional and load testing of web applications– Fully automate functionality tests for ASP.NET

• And much, much more….

DEMO: Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0 in action

Summary• Demo Summary from Part 1:

– Visual Studio– Cross Page Posting– Validation Groups– Data Access– SQL Output Caching

Intermission

Agenda• Demos in Part 2:

– Master Pages– Site Navigation– Security and Login– Role Management– Profile System– Web Part Personalization– Localization

Summary• Demo Summary:

– Visual Studio– Cross Page Posting– Validation Groups– Data Access– SQL Output Caching– Master Pages– Site Navigation– Security and Login– Role Management– Profile System– Web Part Personalization– Localization

Summary

• Major advances coming with ASP.NET 2.0– Building web applications easier than ever before– Platform to enable even richer customer

experiences

• Friction free upgrade– Will run on IIS5, IIS5.1 and IIS6.0 (no OS upgrade)– More on migration from ASP.NET V1.1 later today

• Beta2 coming soon– “Go Live” license available for early deployments– Final release 2nd half of this year