Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0

1. Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0 Robert Burke Microsoft Ireland Developer and Platform Group robburke@microsoft.com

2. 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

3. Agenda • Demos in Part 2: • Master Pages • Site Navigation • Security and Login • Role Management • Profile System • Web Part Personalization • Localization

4. 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

5. ASP.NET 2.0 Application Services APIs ASP.NET 2.0 Developer Stack Role Manager Personalization Membership Site Navigation Management Database Caching

6. ASP.NET 2.0 Application Services APIs Providers ASP.NET 2.0 Developer Stack Role Manager Personalization Membership Site Navigation Management Database Caching Provider Model Design Pattern Windows SQL Server Custom Access MDB

7. Role Manager Personalization Membership Site Navigation Management Database Caching ASP.NET 2.0 Application Services APIs ASP.NET 2.0 Developer Stack

8. Role Manager Personalization Membership ASP.NET 2.0 “Page Framework” Features Site Navigation Management Database Caching ASP.NET 2.0 Application Services APIs Master Pages Themes/Skins Localization Adaptive UI ASP.NET 2.0 Developer Stack

9. Security Data Navigation Web Parts Role Manager Personalization Membership ASP.NET 2.0 “Page Framework” Features ASP.NET 2.0 Controls (50+) Site Navigation Management Database Caching ASP.NET 2.0 Application Services APIs Master Pages Themes/Skins Localization Adaptive UI ASP.NET 2.0 Developer Stack

10. Evaluate.NET Interact withstudents Learn howto program Build coolapps Enthusiasts Hobbyists Students Faculty Expanding Visual Studio

11. Visual Studio 2005“Personalized productivity” Testers Architects Enterprise Devs Consultants Professionals VB6 Devs Part-Timers Hobbyists Students Enthusiasts

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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….

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

18. Summary • Demo Summary from Part 1: • Visual Studio • Cross Page Posting • Validation Groups • Data Access • SQL Output Caching

19. Intermission

20. Agenda • Demos in Part 2: • Master Pages • Site Navigation • Security and Login • Role Management • Profile System • Web Part Personalization • Localization

21. 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

22. 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