ASP.NET 4 Beta 2 - New Version, New Docs, New MSDN Site !
We’ve been BUSY !
ASP.NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 was released to MSDN Subscribers earlier this week.
General availability is scheduled for tomorrow !
Read the announcement [ HERE ] with an overview about the new SKUs and features or go straight to the download [ HERE ].
Check out the new look !!!!
You’ll find the documentation at the MSN web site [ HERE ] and when you do, you’ll see that the Server & Tools On Line team has been busy improving the MSDN site experience.
There is a TON of new stuff and I’ve built a list of potential topics for new content that I’m building. I though it might be useful if I shared that list here so …..
DIG IN !!!
Core Services
Web.config File Minification
Extensible Output Caching
Auto-Start Web Applications
Permanently Redirecting a Page
The Incredible Shrinking Session State
Expanding the Range of Allowable URLs
Extensible Request Validation
Object Caching and Object Caching Extensibility
Extensible HTML, URL, and HTTP Header Encoding
Performance Monitoring for Individual Applications in a Single Worker Process
Multi-Targeting
New Features in ASP.NET AJAX 4
Client Template Rendering
Instantiating Behaviors and Controls Declaratively
Live Data Binding
Using the Observer Pattern with JavaScript Objects and Arrays
The DataView Control
The AdoNetServiceProxy Class
The DataContext and AdoNetDataContext Classes
Refactoring the Microsoft AJAX Framework Libraries
The DOM Ready Event
Using JSONP to Retrieve Cross-Domain Data
Web Forms
Setting Meta Tags with the Page.MetaKeywords and Page.MetaDescription Properties
Enabling View State for Individual Controls
Changes to Browser Capabilities
Routing in ASP.NET 4
Setting Client IDs
Persisting Row Selection in Data Controls
ASP.NET Chart Control
Filtering Data with the QueryExtender Control
Html Encoded Code Expressions
Project Template Changes
CSS Improvements
Hiding div Elements Around Hidden Fields
Rendering an Outer Table for Templated Controls
ListView Control Enhancements
CheckBoxList and RadioButtonList Control Enhancements
Menu Control Improvements
Wizard and CreateUserWizard Controls
ASP.NET MVC
Areas Support
Data-Annotation Attribute Validation Support
Templated Helpers
Dynamic Data
Enabling Dynamic Data for Existing Projects
Declarative DynamicDataManager Control Syntax
Entity Templates
New Field Templates for URLs and E-mail Addresses
Creating Links with the DynamicHyperLink Control
Support for Inheritance in the Data Model
Support for Many-to-Many Relationships (Entity Framework Only)
New Attributes to Control Display and Support Enumerations
Enhanced Support for Filters
Visual Studio 2010 Web Designer Improvements
Improved CSS Compatibility
HTML and JScript Snippets
JScript IntelliSense Enhancements
Web Application Deployment with Visual Studio 2010
Web Packaging
Web.config Transformation
Database Deployment
One-Click Publish for Web Applications






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