Silverlight 2.0 and ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions - MVC Framework : Scaffolding Framework : ADO.NET Entity Framework : Astoria
by David Hayden, Florida .NET Developer
Wow! The ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview will be released next week:
- ASP.NET MVC Framework: The model view controller (MVC) framework for ASP.NET provides a structured model that enables a clear separation of concerns within web applications, and makes it easier to unit test your code and support a TDD workflow.
- ASP.NET AJAX Improvements: Better browser history support (back/forward button integration, and server-side history management support via a new <asp:history> server control), improved AJAX content linking support with permalinks, and additional JavaScript library improvements.
- ASP.NET Dynamic Data Support: Faster creation of data driven web sites - Rich scaffolding framework!
- ASP.NET Silverlight Support: New controls that make it easy to integrate Silverlight video/media and interactive content within your sites.
- ADO.NET Data Services: ADO.NET Entity Framework. This provides a new modeling framework that enables developers to define a conceptual model of a database schema that closely aligns to a real world view of the information. We will also be shipping a new set of data services (codename "Astoria") that make it easy to expose REST based API endpoints from within your ASP.NET applications.
He also mentions that Silverlight 1.1 will be released as Silverlight 2.0 because it is more than just a point release.
This is huge! Learn more.