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ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 bring great new functionality around Web development and design that makes building standards based, next generation Web sites easier than ever. From the inclusion of ASP.NET AJAX into the runtime, to new controls, the new LINQ data capabilities, to improved support for CSS, JavaScript and others, Web development has taken a significant step forward.
New Features in ASP.NET 3.5
With ASP.NET AJAX, developers can quickly create pages with sophisticated, responsive user interfaces and more efficient client-server communication by simply adding a few server controls to their pages. Previously an extension to the ASP.NET runtime, ASP.NET AJAX is now built into the platform and makes the complicated task of building cross-platform, standards based AJAX applications easy.
More Information
- Watch the ASP.NET AJAX Support in VS2008 Video
- Watch the Adding AJAX Functionality to an Existing ASP.NET Page Video
- Watch the Creating and Using an AJAX-enabled Web Service in a Web Site Video
- The ASP.NET AJAX Site
- ASP.NET AJAX Overview
New ListView and DataPager Controls
The new ListView control gives you unprecedented flexibility in how you display your data, by allowing you to have complete control over the HTML markup generated. ListView‘s template approach to representing data is designed to easily work with CSS styles, which comes in handy with the new Visual Studio 2008 designer view. In addition, you can use the DataPager control to handle all the work of allowing your users to page through large numbers of records.
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- Watch the ListView Control Video
- Watch the DataPage Control Video
- Using the ASP.NET 3.5 ListView Control
- ListView Web Server Control
New Web Features in Visual Studio 2008
Visual Studio 2008 is the recommended tool for developing ASP.NET applications. Unlike previous versions of Visual Studio, which were targeted to a specific framework version (i.e., Visual Studio .NET 2003 targeted ASP.NET 1.1 and Visual Studio 2005 targeted ASP.NET 2.0), Visual Studio 2008 is multi-targeted, meaning that you choose from a drop-down list whether to have Visual Studio 2008 build applications against the ASP.NET 2.0, 3.0, or 3.5 frameworks. Visual Studio 2008 also includes an improved Designer experience, JavaScript debugging and IntelliSense features, and the ability to view and even step into the core .NET Framework code during debugging
New Web Design Interface
Visual Studio 2008 has incorporated a new Web designer that uses the design engine from Expression Web. Moving between design and source view is faster than ever and the new split view capability means you can edit the HTML source and simultaneously see the results on the page. Support for style sheets in separate files has been added as well as a CSS properties pane which clarifies the sometimes-complex hierarchy of cascading styles, so that it is easy to understand why an element looks the way it does. In addition Visual Studio 2008 has full WYSIWYG support for building and using ASP.NET Nested Master Pages which greatly improves the ability to build a Web site with a consistent look and feel.
More Information
- Watch the New Designer Support in VS2008 Video
- Watch the Quick Tour of the VS2008 IDE Video
- Watch the VS2008 and Nested Masterpages Video
- Watch the Creating and Modifying a CSS File Video
- VS 2008 Web Designer and CSS Support
- VS 2008 Nested Master Page Support
- Working with CSS Overview
JavaScript Debugging and Intellisense
In Visual Studio 2008, client-side JavaScript has now become a first-class citizen in regards to its debugging and Intellisense support. Not only does the Intellisense give standard JavaScript keyword support, but it will automatically infer variable types and provide method, property and event support from any number of included script files. Similarly, the JavaScript debugging support now allows for the deep Watch and Locals support in JavaScript that you are accustomed to having in other languages in Visual Studio. And despite the dynamic nature of a lot of JavaScript, you will always be able to visualize and step into the JavaScript code, no matter where it is generated from. This is especially convenient when building ASP.NET AJAX applications.
More Information
- Watch the JavaScript Intellisense Support in VS2008 Video
- Watch the JavaScript Debugging in VS2008 Video
- Watch the IntelliSense for JScript and ASP.NET AJAX Video
- Visual Studio 2008 JavaScript Debugging
- Visual Studio 2008 JavaScript Intellisense
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