a web developer's journey across different versions of asp.net

A web developer’s journey across different versions of ASP.NETHarish Ranganathan Web Developer Evangelist | Microsoft Corporation India

Agenda

• Evolution of ASP.NET• Where am I currently• Visual Studio 2008 Features• ASP.NET Enhancements• Future Preview – Visual Studio 2010

Beta 2

Programming Model in .NET

MSVBVM MSVCRT MSJVM

Java SDKMFC / WIN32 APIVB Lang. API

VJ++VC++VB

Common Language Runtime

Base Class Library

Data and XML

WebServices

UserInterface

VB C++ C# JScript …

Framework Multitargeting

.NET Fx 2.0.NET Fx 2.0Update

.NET Fx 2.0Update

.NET Fx 3.0.NET Fx 3.0Update

.NET Fx 3.5

.NET 2.0 .NET 3.0

.NET 3.5

time

Version = Assembly references + compilers. No new CLR runtime until now. Only .NET 4.0 has new CLR runtime.

.NET 4.0

.NET Fx 4.0

ASP.NET Evolution

ASP.NET 1.x

ASP.NET 2.0

ASP.NET AJAX

ASP.NET 3.5

ASP.NET MVCDynamic

DataASP.NET 4.0 Beta 2

Visual Studio .NET 2003

Visual Studio 2005

Visual Studio 2008

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2

Visual Studio 2008 Backward Compatibility

demo

ASP.NET Currently

System.Web

Web forms Master Pages ProvidersAJAX

Extensions

.NET Framework 3.0 + SP1

.NET Framework 3.5

ASP.NET AJAXSilverlight Support

JavaScript Intellisense

Additional Enhancements

.NET Framework 3.5 + SP1

MVC Dynamic DataEntity

Framework Data Services

Other Enhancements

• Improved Data Set performance• Fixes for Form Tag• Nested Master Page Editing• AJAX Enabled WCF Services• ListView Control for Databinding

Visual Studio 2008

demo

Core

Services

.NET Framework 4.0 Beta 2

Base Class Library

Common Language Runtime

Windows Workflow

Foundation

Managed Extensibility Framework

Data Services

Windows Communicati

on Foundation

“Velocity”

User Interface

Windows Presentation Foundation

ASP.NET(WebForms,

MVC, Dynamic

Data)

Data Access

Entity Framework

LINQ

ADO.NET

Parallel Extensions

WinForms LINQ to SQL

LanguagesDynamic Language Runtime

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Key focus areas

• Ease of migration• Search Engine friendly•Working with Data• Focus on tier architecture• Standards, Compliance

ListView Improvements

<asp:ListView ID="Listview1" runat="server"> <LayoutTemplate> <div id="itemContainer" runat="server" /> </LayoutTemplate> <ItemTemplate> <%# Eval("Title") %> </ItemTemplate></asp:ListView>

FormView Improvements

<asp:FormView ID="Formview1"

RenderTable="false" runat="server">

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Control Your View State

Control.ViewStateMode–Enabled–Disabled–Inherit (default)

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Control Your Client IDs

<system.web> <pages clientIdMode="Predictable">

</pages></system.web>

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Filtering Data with QueryExtender

• Filters data from IQuerable DataSource• Handy in implementing Search/Filtering• No code• Can be combined with AJAX to provide rich

user experience• Works great with .NET RIA Services

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ASP.NET Routing for Search Engine OptimizationInstead of:

http://YourSite.com/Search.aspx?query=cats

You can use:http://YourSite.com/Search/cats

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Other Search Engine Optimization Improvements

• Page.Description• Page.Keywords• Response.RedirectPermanent(new url)

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2

demo

Contact

• Blog Addresshttp://geekswithblogs.net/ranganh

• Email Addresshrangan@microsoft.com

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