Went to the ASP.NET 2.0 briefing yesterday and saw some pretty nifty stuff. Lots of new controls mainly, plus tons of handy new features in Visual Studio 2005. I will see what I can do to post them here once I receive all the e-docs from Microsoft. In the meantime, check out Betas and more at the Visual Studio 2005 Developer Center. For information on ASP.NET 2.0, check out the ASP.NET Whidbey site.
I'll leave you with two new features to get you all excited about Visual Studio 2005, which comes in many flavours. At its most lightweight, Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition is designed purely for ASP.NET 2.0 development, and can be seen as Web Matrix Reincarnated. Or maybe Web Matrix-on-pills. VWD includes all the features Web Matrix omitted, plus a built-in local webserver, which eliminates Visual Studio 2003's requirement of IIS. It also comes with all the handy-dandy tools of the standard Visual Studio 2005 IDE, including a powerful Intellisense.
At the top of the ladder, Visual Studio 2005 Team System is aimed at development teams, with features designed specifically for coordinating team members and testing code. Like David Platt said at the briefing, the days when you could put off testing till the last week before deadlines are over. With VS2005 Team System, even web applications can be tested through recorded requests.
I'll likely download one or two Betas and try them on a virtual PC at home this weekend. Stay tuned for first impressions.
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