Recently published: Murach’s ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader's Guide: VB Edition

[From the publisher]

Mike Murach & Associates has just published a VB edition of their ASP.NET 2.0 book for experienced developers entitled, appropriately enough, Murach’s ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader’s Guide: VB Edition.

Like the C# edition that was published in August, this book focuses on the practical aspects of upgrading. According to Murach, it’s easy enough for ASP.NET 1.x developers to get information on what’s new in ASP.NET 2.0. But it’s harder to figure out how…and when…to upgrade to the new features on the job. So this book goes beyond the typical overview and gives examples of how to apply the new features in everyday web applications.

To see how this works, developers can download chapter 3 of the book from the Murach web site. This chapter is on master pages, an ASP.NET 2.0 feature that makes it easy to include banners, navigation menus, and other elements on all the pages in an application. After explaining the basic concept, this chapter shows sample pages that use this feature, then shows and explains all the aspx and code-behind code that’s needed to make those pages work.

The remaining chapters in the book cover other key features, like the Access, SQL, and XML data sources; the GridView, DetailView and FormView controls; object data sources that allow binding to custom business objects; login and site navigation controls; profiles; the MultiView and Wizard controls; themes; web parts for building portals; and tools for configuring and deploying new applications.

To let upgraders move at a quick, professional pace, all of the content is formatted in Murach’s "paired pages" style. Each two-page spread presents a single topic. The lefthand page explains the topic while the righthand page shows the critical details, using syntax, code, screen shots, and how-to notes. This format allows experienced developers to take in a lot of information at a glance, so they can put it to work more quickly.

Murach’s ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader’s Guide: VB Edition is available directly from the publisher at www.murach.com and from online and brick-and-mortar bookstores.

Editor's note: This book is also available here.  Read here for free chapter.

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Community Server 2.0 Beta 1 Released

Rob Howard has announced the first public beta of Community Server 2.0.  The final release is currently planned for December.

Read about it here.

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Service Packs for VS 2003 and VS 2005

Scott Wiltamuth revealed that VS 2003 SP1 is scheduled for release in April 2006.  VS 2005 SP1 is scheduled to be released in the first half of 2006 (a more specific date will be made available once Microsoft has more customer data).

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DotNetNuke v3.2/v4.0 Released

Perpetual Motion Interactive Systems Inc. has announced the immediate availability of open-source Web Application Framework, DotNetNuke 3.x (ASP.NET 1.1) and DotNetNuke 4.0 (ASP.NET 2.0). Both versions include AJAX support and Windows/Active Directory authentication, and will be developed in parallel in the near future.

From the press release:

“...the latest DotNetNuke release contains support for AJAX and advanced client-side behaviors which developers can leverage in their modules. In addition, the site navigation information for pages and actions have been abstracted into proper providers, allowing for more extensibility and easier migration to the SiteMap capabilities of ASP.NET 2.0.“

“Native Windows Authentication and Active Directory support enables DotNetNuke to interface with the users and groups defined within an Intranet environment, providing authentication and authorization services linked to a centralized security control point.”

Read complete press release.

On a related note, keep a close watch on this book: Professional DotNetNuke 4.0: for ASP.NET 2.0. 

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Microsoft launches Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006

It's finally here! Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer kicked off the worldwide launch for SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006.

As such, ASP.NET 2.0 is officially out of beta.  Microsoft ASP.NET website also made a cutover to one which is visually more appealing (powered by ASP.NET 2.0 of course).  Microsoft has a launch gift: Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition will be free for the next one year!

To get your hands on the paid editions of Visual Studio 2005, visit the following links:

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Upgrade
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Standard
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Standard Upgrade
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers with MSDN Premium
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers with MSDN Premium Renewal

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Welcome to the ASPNETWorld.com site blog!

This post marks the first official blog entry for the ASPNETWorld.com Blog.  This blog runs on the community edition of newtelligence dasBlog, version 1.8. 

Scott Hanselman has a blog entry on dasBlog 1.8 Gold installation procedures and features. Omar Shashine (Scott's partner in crime for the community edition initiative) has some dasBlog tips to offer in his blog.  And of course, Clemens Vaster's blog is also worth reading.  For those who don't know, Clemens is the author of the original dasBlog.

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Congratulations, you've installed DasBlog!

Be sure to visit all the options under "Configuration" in the Admin Menu Bar above. There are 16 themes to choose from, and you can also create your own.

 

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